New Survey Reveals Imminent Long-Term Care Crisis: 80% of America’s Nursing Home Residents Face Loss of Access to Essential Prescription Drugs Pharmacy Services in 2026

Without an immediate long-term care pharmacy fix, more than 1.6 million vulnerable seniors risk losing access to critical medication management Washington, D.C. (December 30, 2025) — A devastating long-term care crisis is unfolding in America’s nursing homes. New survey data released today by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) and the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition […]

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Could Affect 80% of Nursing Home Residents

An imminent long-term care pharmacy crisis could affect more than 80% of nursing home residents by 2026, with about 84% of pharmacies planning to reduce services or stop serving certain facilities or regions.

SCPC Submits Comment Letter to CMS on Fair Contracting for LTC Pharmacies

LTE: Policy Change Will Shut Down LTC Pharmacies

Having worked in the healthcare arena, I learned that good policy requires understanding medical service delivery. A federal policy change could cause a crisis for Idaho’s vulnerable seniors, including my neighbors and me in Council.

Op-ed: Long-term care pharmacy change would endanger Maine’s seniors

I’ve spent years in public service — on the town of Wells Board of Selectmen and in the Maine Legislature — learning that the best leaders are the ones who prevent crises before they happen. Whether it’s protecting our shores or ensuring our community members have what they need, proactive leadership saves lives and saves money.

Op-ed: Medicare changes could close 60% of Arizona’s long-term care pharmacies

I had the honor of caring for my mother through the last years of her life as she fought stage 4 gastric cancer. Her care team consisted of internists, nurses and pharmacists, each leveraging their specialties to ensure my mother received the best care possible. This was a stark difference from our past, where at the age of 10 years, I watched my mother give birth prematurely to triplet brothers in our home in Egypt. The closest medical facility with specialized neonatal care was 300 miles away and financially out of reach for our family. Two of my brothers didn’t survive.

Letter to the Editor: Inquirer readers on billing by long-term care pharmacies

If you walk into any nursing home in the southeastern corner of the commonwealth, you’ll find a highly choreographed system of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies humming along that help keep older Pennsylvanians safe and are the backbone of patient care.

This indispensable service comes at a cost. Does Congress care?

For more than two years now, pharmacists who are the sole provider of prescriptions for the nation’s most vulnerable, often chronically ill patients have begged Congress for relief from a potentially devastating pricing change.

New ad campaign calls on lawmakers to preserve seniors’ access to long-term care pharmacies

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) unveiled a new ad campaign that calls on Congress to pass the Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act (HR 5031/S 3159) and highlights the negative effects recent Medicare Part D drug pricing policy changes have had on seniors’ ability to access needed prescriptions.