Drug Topics August 21, 2024
However, reimbursement for these services for pharmacists remains a crucial issue.
From administrative burdens and burnout to health care consolidation and a Medicare system in need of reform, it’s perhaps not surprising that there is a nationwide primary care shortage.1 Nearly two-thirds of counties in the US have 1 primary care provider per 1500 individuals, said Melanie Marcus, but pharmacists could step in and help close that gap.
“We’ve got to create teams of providers who can sell each other on the care that’s provided, whether that’s Food is Medicine, test and treat, or immunizations in the pharmacy,” explained Marcus, the Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at Surescripts. She sat down with Drug Topics at the 2024 National Association...
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