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Releases & Statements

08/15/2024

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition & “Save Senior Rx Care” Release Statement on Biden Administration’s Medicare Drug Pricing Announcement


The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the leading national voice for the long-term care pharmacy community, and the new Save Senior Rx Care campaign released a statement today in response to the new drug pricing announcement:  “Today, the Biden Administration released the negotiated 2026 prices for the ten most expensive Medicare Part D drugs, as […]

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Releases & Statements

07/24/2024

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition Launches “Save Senior Rx Care” to Protect Senior Access to Life-Saving Medications and Services


Led by the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), America’s long-term care (LTC) pharmacies are launching Save Senior Rx Care, a new campaign urging Congress to protect access to life-saving medications and services for the millions of Americans who need long-term care.

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Releases & Statements

07/17/2024

New Report Underscores Unique Role LTC Pharmacies Play in Serving Complex Needs of Medicare Beneficiaries in Long-Term Care


A new report from the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the nation’s leading voice for long-term care (LTC) pharmacies, and ATI Advisory (ATI) highlights the clinical and functional complexity faced by millions of Medicare beneficiaries residing in nursing facilities and assisted living.

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08/16/2024

Experts fear damage to long-term care pharmacies as CMS touts newly negotiated drug prices

Even as the federal government on Thursday touted the billions of dollars in savings seniors can expect to see from newly negotiated, lower drug costs, pharmacies that supply long-term care facilities are warning of dire consequences.

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07/24/2024

LTC pharmacies demand ‘sustainable’ payment model ahead of 2026 drug-pricing changes

Many of the nation’s long-term care pharmacies are going to fall below “break-even” and may be forced out of business without additional support when drug-pricing policy changes kick in, sector advocates warned Wednesday.

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In the News

03/11/2024

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.

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Policy & Sector Insights

10/17/2022

The surprising group that will be hit hard by drug pricing reform

By Rachel CohrsSTAT Obviously, pharmaceutical companies are upset that they’re going to lose money from Medicare under Democrats’ new drug pricing law. But there’s another, less obvious group that’s concerned as well — long-term care pharmacies that serve almost entirely Medicare patients, and dispense the drugs that will likely enter the price negotiation program first.  […]

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Policy & Sector Insights

10/14/2022

Military Veterans Deserve Uninterrupted Pharmacy Access

Military Retirees Will Lose Long-Term Care Pharmacy Services as soon as Oct. 24, 2022 TRICARE and its Pharmacy Benefit: The TRICARE program, operated by the Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency), covers 9.6 million active-duty service members and their family members, along with military retirees, many of whom live in long-term care (LTC) facilities like […]

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Policy & Sector Insights

01/07/2022

Prescription Drug Policy, 2021 And 2022: The Year In Review, And The Year Ahead

By Rachel Sachs Health Affairs This past year was filled with news in the prescription drug policy area, from the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) most controversial drug approval in many years to ongoing discussions in Congress over drug pricing reform. Through it all, the importance of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has remained at […]

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