March 2024 - SCPC | Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition

Mar 15, 2024

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition Shares Comments with CMS Regarding Medicare Part D Restructuring Guidance: “Smoothing Provisions”

SCPC filed comments with CMS in response to their guidance on the implementation of the Medicare Part D restructuring portion of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Mar 11, 2024

Drug pricing efforts threaten ‘very existence’ of LTC pharmacies: reps

President Biden in his State of the Union address last week vowed to end “Big Pharma’s” grip on prescription drug pricing and cut costs for seniors and taxpayers by another $200 million.
But the president’s plans to expand his administration’s first-ever Medicare drug price negotiations could spell big trouble for the pharmacists who support seniors living in long-term care settings, advocates warned in response.

Mar 8, 2024

President Biden Announces Desire to Cap Drug Prices for All Americans

In the State of the Union Address on March 7th, President Joseph Biden announced a proposal to expand the number of drugs targeted for annual price negotiations by Medicare and lower prescription drug costs for American families.

Mar 7, 2024

SCPC Highlights Devastating Impact of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations On LTC Pharmacies

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the leading national voice for the long-term care pharmacy (LTC) community, released a statement today highlighting the disproportionate and devastating impact Medicare drug price negotiations will have on LTC pharmacies. This looming crisis will only be exacerbated by President Biden’s recently announced proposal to significantly increase the number of drugs targeted for annual negotiations.

Mar 24, 2023

Check out SCPC CEO Alan Rosenbloom on the Pharmacy Podcast Network’s “PBM Reform Podcast”

SCPC President and CEO Alan Rosenbloom speaks with the Pharmacy Podcast Network the importance of advocating for PBM reform, the status of the LTC Pharmacy Definition Act, LTC Pharmacy at-home, drug pricing legislation and its implications for LTC Pharmacy, and more.

Mar 10, 2023

SCPC Applauds House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer for Launching Investigation into PBM Practices

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the only Washington-based organization exclusively representing the interests of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies, applauds House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) for launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their tactics that are harming patient care and increasing costs for many patients.

Mar 7, 2022

SCPC Provides Comments on CMS Proposed Rule Regarding Medicare Program

Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the CMS Proposed Rule entitled “Medicare Program: Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Programs;” Agency Docket Number CMS-4192-P (the Proposed Rule).1 SCPC is the only Washington-based organization exclusively representing the […]

Mar 4, 2022

SCPC provides comments on the Part D provisions of the 2023 CMS Call Letter

Dear Director Seshamani: The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Part D provisions of the 2023 CMS Call Letter entitled, “Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies” (the “Call Letter” or the […]

Mar 24, 2021

Long-term care staff warm up to vaccine with 94 percent increase in willingness

By Alicia Lasek McKnight’s Long-Term Care News A March survey shows a major shift in eldercare workers’ willingness to receive a coronavirus vaccination, with a 94% increase in respondents who said they would consider getting a shot and a 41% decrease in intention to decline. The survey is the second of two conducted by industry […]