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Long-Term Living
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) says it is pleased with the Energy and Commerce Committee’s revised language in draft 21st Century Cures legislation it is considering related to programs to prevent prescription drug abuse under Medicare Parts C and D…Read More

Inside Health Policy
Long-term care pharmacies are pleased that House Energy & Commerce members opened the door to exempting them from the pharmacy lock-in plan in 21st Century Cures legislation, but they prefer to be excluded outright…Read More

McKnight’s
The head of a new long-term care pharmacy advocacy group urged Congress on Thursday to exempt Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes and assisted living facilities from a plan that would require them to use a single pharmacy for all medications….Read More

McKnight’s
Maryland Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski deserve credit for strong teamwork helping to ensure the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, thankfully, took recent action to protect vulnerable seniors, and reduce Medicare waste…Read More

Inside Health Policy
House Energy & Commerce members added a beneficiary-appeals measure to a provision in 21st Century Cures draft legislation that would let plans limit which pharmacies may dispense drugs prone to abuse, such as pain medicine; but seniors’ advocates and independent pharmacies say the committee didn’t significantly amend the pharmacy-network provision and the language could make it difficult for beneficiaries to obtain medicine they desperately need…Read More

Long-Term Living
Seniors’ access to medications in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other long-term care (LTC) facilities could be restricted inadvertently under a Medicare Part D “lock-in” provision contained in a bill under consideration, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) has told the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee…Read More

Pharmacy Times
In announcing the new Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) website is now live (www.seniorcarepharmacies.org), SCPC’s President and CEO said that among the group’s most significant objectives is to help educate lawmakers, regulators, staff and the health care policy community about the value of independent LTC pharmacies to seniors’ care, and the significant differences between the retail and long term care pharmacy sectors…Read More

Long-Term Living
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), launched in January, has announced its new website…..Read More

Long-Term Living
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) has endorsed H.R. 244, also known as the MAC Transparency Act, saying that, if passed, it would improve payment transparency within the Medicare prescription drug program….Read More