Become a member of WVIPA
Join WVIPA to support pharmacy transparency, fair reimbursement, and improved patient care in your community.
As Executive Director of the West Virginia Independent Pharmacy Association (WVIPA), I want to thank you for visiting our website. Please join the WVIPA if you are not already a member or sponsor!
The WVIPA’s purpose is to promote independent community pharmacies in West Virginia, address legislative and regulatory issues, and facilitate networking efforts among WVIPA members and other interested groups.
Your participation allows the WVIPA to achieve real victories on issues such as addressing fair reimbursement and fees, strengthening pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation, applying audit protections, recognizing and credentialing pharmacists as health care providers, and more.
Please ask current members about the value and mission of the WVIPA.
From the WVIPA’s inception in 2016 to present day, the WVIPA has successfully advocated for the passage of priority legislation each year, by creating and strengthening the “Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act.”
In 2022-2023, the WVIPA will continue to address reimbursement issues with West Virginia’s ERISA (self-funded) plans and Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA), to fight against the unfair practices of PBMs, and to protect recent successes with West Virginia Medicaid.
The WVIPA will continue to work closely with the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner (WVOIC) to ensure West Virginia laws and rules are followed, and to protect patient safety and access to quality pharmacy services.
I have been especially proud to represent West Virginia’s independent community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What a tremendous and positive impact pharmacies have made during this difficult time! West Virginia’s pharmacies set the national standard of excellence by providing vaccinations for long-term care facility residents and staff more quickly and safely than any other state in the nation, for providing accessible testing options, even in rural and underserved communities, and for continuing to provide quality pharmacy care across the Mountain State.
Governor Jim Justice and his Health Command team challenged our statewide pharmacy network, and you have responded. Additional challenges are always on the horizon, but I am confident that together, we are up for the task!
Thank you again for your support!
Matthew Walker
Executive Director
