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More Than 130 Healthcare Groups Express Support for Legislation Expanding Medicare Patients Access to Pharmacist Services
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WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, more than 130 healthcare groups applauded the introduction of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 1362, H.R. 2759), legislation that will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries in medically underserved areas have access to pharmacists primary care services.
In a letter sent to the bill s original sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) the healthcare groups, including rural health advocates, consumer groups, and pharmacy organizations, call for the removal of restrictions on seniors access to care.
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Alan Rosenbloom, President and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra requesting prompt relief and support for the prioritization of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies in the next distribution of the Provider Relief Fund. This letter follows a similar one sent on behalf of leaders from 12 of the largest LTC pharmacies in the country, representing more than 25% of the LTC pharmacy sector, to Congressional leadership requesting support for prompt relief.
Congress established the Provider Relief Fund under the CARES Act in March 2020 to provide financial relief to health care providers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of today, LTC pharmacies have not received any of this important relief, despite providing essential health care and services to LTC facility residents throughout the pandemic. LTC p