December 2024 - SCPC | Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition

Dec 10, 2024

Seniors in Long-Term Care Could Lose Access to Essential LTC Pharmacy Services Absent Action from Congress

A new study from the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the nation’s leading voice for long-term care (LTC) pharmacies, performed by CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP) and with input from ATI Advisory details the significant financial impact Medicare drug price negotiations will have on LTC pharmacies that provide essential, government required services to more than two million seniors and others in long-term care.

Dec 9, 2024

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition Congratulates Kentucky Congressman Guthrie on Becoming Chairman of the Powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the leading national voice for the long-term care pharmacy community, released the following statement today to congratulate Congressman Brett Guthrie on being selected as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “We congratulate Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie for being selected Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,” […]

Dec 4, 2024

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition & “Save Senior Rx Care” Release Statement in Support of Rep. Buddy Carter’s ongoing push for PBM Reform in 2024

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the leading national voice for the long-term care (LTC) pharmacy community, and the Save Senior Rx Care campaign released a statement commending Congressman Buddy Carter’s push for PBM Reform in 2024:  “SCPC is thankful for champions like Congressman Buddy Carter, Senator James Lankford, and the 14 other members who participated in […]

Dec 6, 2022

Let’s improve LTC pharmacy policy in the home

Across all cultures and generations, caregivers have long served an integral role supporting the health of family members’ or friends in need of long-term care (LTC). In many cases, these caregivers are unpaid individuals without formal training — often a spouse, partner, family member, friend or neighbor.

Dec 16, 2021

Why the big questions about drug prices are rarely asked: It’s hard to do

By Fred D. Ledley STAT News Public debate over legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate the price of drugs has been dominated by stories of personal suffering caused by high drug prices, accounts of lifesaving cures provided by pharmaceutical innovations, and arguments regarding nuanced economic models of how reducing drug prices could affect government spending and pharmaceutical innovation. Big questions related […]

Dec 3, 2021

SCPC President and CEO Alan Rosenbloom speaks with the Pharmacy Podcast Network

SCPC President and CEO Alan Rosenbloom speaks with the Pharmacy Podcast Network about senior care in a new episode entitled, “The Mission of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) is about Better Patient Care.” In this conversation, Alan distills the long-term care (LTC) pharmacy sector describing who they serve and the reasons LTC pharmacies are essential to […]

Dec 22, 2020

‘Out in the Cold’: LTC Pharmacies Ask to be Matched with Vaccination Sites, Relief Funds

McKnight’s Long-Term Care News By Alicia Lasek As their businesses groan under the weight of COVID-19-related expenses, long-term care pharmacists are pressing federal officials for relief funds and asking for a bigger role in coronavirus vaccinations. Many independent pharmacies were stuck in limbo last week, watching as the first wave of Pfizer vaccine doses were […]

Dec 18, 2020

Long-Term-Care Pharmacies Seek COVID-19 Vaccine Role, Govt. Relief

Inside Health Policy By John Wilkerson The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider matching nursing homes to pharmacies they have a relationship with for coronavirus vaccinations, instead of matching nearly everyone with Walgreens and CVS. Long-term-care pharmacies also are requesting the government give them money […]

Dec 17, 2020

SCPC Disappointed That HHS Again Ignores Needed Relief Request from Long-Term Care Pharmacies

Latest Distribution Fails to Aid Industry Facing Significant Financial Hardship While Caring for Most Vulnerable Patients Washington, DC – The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) today expressed disappointment that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) once again ignored long-term care (LTC) pharmacies in releasing Phase 3 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) dollars to […]