Pharmacy Times July 16, 2024
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Advocates Have Been Calling for Pharmacist Practitioner Scope of Practice and Reimbursement for Decades, but What Happens When We Catch the Bus?
STATE LEGISLATION HAS ACCELERATED SCOPE AND REIMBURSEMENT EXPANSION FOR PHARMACISTS
Washington, California, Oregon, Texas, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, and many other states have successfully adopted or are about to successfully gain access to varying opportunities for pharmacists to bill for services as practitioners. With an assist from the COVID-19 pandemic that expanded perceptions of pharmacists and pharmacies as service providers, the “provider status” ball has found the downside of the hill, and it is finally accelerating after decades of foundation building, strife, setbacks, and intractability. Although most states do not yet have a wide range...