Pharmacy Times November 5, 2024
Throughout a new graduate’s career, that provider status will become mainstream.
WHAT IS PROVIDER STATUS?
Most states now have some version of provider status.1 Understanding how to navigate getting paid for services more efficiently and effectively is helpful. First, a pharmacist has to be allowed by law to provide a service under a given state’s pharmacy practice act, which is determined state by state, with each having different rules about what a pharmacist can or cannot provide.
Second, there needs to be a contract between the pharmacist, pharmacist’s employer or group—pharmacy, health system, or another pharmacist group—and the purchaser. If the purchaser is the patient, then the contract is pretty simple—the pharmacist offers a service, and the patient pays for...
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