VERIFY: The FDA is tracking 100+ drug shortages, are they pandemic-related?
Last year, the FDA warned there could be drug shortages as the supply chain was disrupted, but is the pandemic still causing the shortages we re seeing now? Author: Vanessa Ruffes (WCNC) Updated: 11:37 PM EDT April 27, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. At the start of the pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration signaled a drug shortage could be on the way as the supply chain slowed or got cut off altogether.
The FDA drug shortage database shows dozens of prescriptions still in short supply, but is the pandemic the culprit for what we are seeing right now?
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Immunization screening and administration not currently covered by Medicare Part B and D
Tobacco cessation services
Transition of care services
The legislation does not expand scope of practice, but brings Medicare rules in alignment with existing authorities already granted to pharmacists by many states and health care organizations through credentialing and privileging programs.
Similar legislation, H.R. 2759, was introduced in the U.S. House last week by Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV).
Pharmacists have advanced education and training to deliver these patient care services, but unlike many states in the nation, Medicare does not recognize and reimburse them for such services. Pharmacists earn a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree that includes six years to eight years of higher education to complete. Many pharmacists also complete one to two years of post-graduate residency training and become certified in a specialty by t