Medical Economics June 21, 2024
Rep. Buddy Carter discusses issues affecting the American health care system.
Pharmacists want to assist primary care physicians who are the captains of the teams of health care professionals who aid patients, said Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Georgia).
A career pharmacist, he was owner of Carter’s Pharmacy Inc., an independent business that dispensed medicines to patients of south Georgia. In Congress, the Republican is a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, and the House Budget Committee.
Carter spoke with Medical Economics about scopes of practice in health care, cybersecurity and the recent computer attack on Change Healthcare, and the effects of prior authorizations.
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