Releases & Statements

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Differing definitions of long-term care pharmacies used by government agencies may threaten seniors’ care and disrupt care coordination, according to a leading long-term care pharmacy group…Read More

New Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) Policy Brief Details How Confusing Federal Regulatory Overlap Threatens Seniors’ Health, Jeopardizes LTC Pharmacy Clinical Benefits in Rapidly Evolving Care Delivery System Washington, DC – In pointing out the significant value-added services provided by long term care (LTC) pharmacies and the resulting clinical benefits accrued by over 1.4 million […]

Washington, DC – The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the only national organization dedicated exclusively to the highly-specific legislative and regulatory interests of America’s growing and dynamic long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector and the patients they serve, today welcomed as a new member PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC), a major national provider of LTC pharmacy […]

Washington, DC — The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) have sent a new letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commenting on the Agency’s draft Repackaging Guidance, and educating the Agency about long term care (LTC) pharmacy operations….Read More

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) submitted a proposed State Plan Amendment (SPA)1 (Transmittal Number 15-005) in May 2016 as a response to the final CMS Covered Outpatient Drug Rule (CMS-2345-FC)2 that went into effect this April…Read More

Washington, DC – Characterizing Senate passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) as “a major victory for the nation’s long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector and the patients under their care,” the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) today thanked key U.S. Senate and House leaders who helped shepherd-through a lengthy, complex legislative process, a vital provision that recognizes the key role played by LTC pharmacies in seniors’ medication management…Read More

Washington, DC – In thanking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for holding a recent listening session regarding provisions of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) President and CEO, Alan G. Rosenbloom, said the gathering served as a productive forum to reiterate the need for FDA to ensure its implementation does not inadvertently create unanticipated burdens on dispensing practices in specialized settings like LTC facilities and pharmacies…Read More

Placed on the defensive by a growing level of congressional scrutiny and unfavorable publicity surrounding lawsuits against the shadowy pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) noted the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) is being forced to mount a defensive public relations effort to counter the growing perception that PBMs are anti-consumer, anti-taxpayer and anti-free market….Read More

Washington, DC — In praising today’s Senate passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) thanked Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Christopher Coons (D-DE) and their colleagues in the U.S. Senate for helping place the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic front and center in the public spotlight…Read More