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The USC-NCPA Pharmacy Access Initiative is aiming to help policymakers visualize the consequences of unfair PBM practices believed to contribute to pharmacy access issues by identifying shortage areas across the United States. So far, we’ve shown that nearly 1 in 4 neighborhoods nationwide are pharmacy shortage areas. Why is this happening and what can be done to ensure access to pharmacy care? ....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently opened a Request for Information: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs, to gather information to aid Medicare and Medicaid programs. NCPA submitted information on pharmacy access as it pertains to pharmacy shortage areas and recent findings from the USC-NCPA Pharmacy Access Initiative’s pharmacy shortage area identification tool. ....
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Oct. 24, 2022) – A collaboration between the National Community Pharmacists Association and University of Southern California has resulted in a new interactive mapping tool that could promote health equity by identifying pharmacy shortage areas in the United States. It can also help policymakers see the consequences of unfair pharmacy benefit manager practices believed to contribute to pharmacy access issues. The mapping tool shows nearly 1 in 4 neighborhoods nationwide are pharmacy shortage areas – areas that have no pharmacy. ....
In an effort to increase access to care, CMS asked for comments related to access to care and coverage for people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. NCPA responded, highlighting independent pharmacy as an answer to increasing access to care through areas beyond dispensing: tobacco cessation, birth control prescribing, chronic care management, PEP and PrEP services, etc. ....
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