New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Information about the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, including meeting minutes and videos

Under RSA 126-BB, the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) was established to identify strategies that optimize spending by public payers for pharmaceutical products, while reasonably ensuring prescriber access to needed pharmaceutical products. To achieve this goal, the board shall determine annual spending targets for prescription drugs purchased by public payers based upon a 10-year rolling average of the medical care services component of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, medical care services index, plus a reasonable percentage for inflation and minus a spending target for pharmacy savings as determined by the board. 

Membership

Current Board Members

  • Kirk Williamson (Executive Director)
  • Honorable Gary Merchant (Chairman)
  • Tom Sherman, MD (Alternate)
  • Representative Jess Edwards
  • Senator David Rochefort
  • Senator Kevin Avard (Alternate)
  • Robert Woodward, PhD (Alternate)
  • Senator Cindy Rosenwald 
  • Todd Fahey, JD (Clerk)
  • Jason Aziz, PhD (Alternate)
  • Representative David Nagel (Alternate)

Prescription Drug Affordability Board Advisory Council

  • The governor, or designee (Vacant)
  • Cassie Keane, Deputy Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services
  • Benjamin Carbone, Chief of Pharmacy, New Hampshire Department of Corrections
  • David Chorney, Deputy Medicaid Director, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
  • Duncan Edgar, Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire Department of Justice
  • Joyce Pitman, Director of Risk and Benefits, New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services
  • Rich Gulla, President, New Hampshire State Employees Association
  • Megan Tuttle, President, New Hampshire Education Association
  • Jeanne Herrick, General Counsel, HealthTrust
  • James McGrail, Chief Human Resources Officer, University System of New Hampshire
  • Sara Sawyer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Community College System of New Hampshire
  • Tyler Brannen, Senior Health Economist, BerryDunn
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*NOTE: Participants must register to join.  Click meeting title for details.

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