Provider Status
Define provider status
what is the effort to recognize pharmacists as integral members of the health care team and provide patients with access to and coverage for our quality patient care services
Pharmacists are not recognized as providers under what act?
social security act
What is the best way to advocate as a pharmacist?
what is regularly contact your legislators regarding issues of importance to pharmacy
why is provider status important
what is - To be fully recognized a health care providers and receive the same benefits that many of our colleagues in the healthcare field do
What other fields have gained provider status during the time that Pharmacists have fought for provider status?
what is Physician assistants and nurse practitioners
Which area of pharmacy or type of pharmacist have states actively been pushing legislation to regulate reimbursement rates
What is the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) ?
When advocating for a patient, the Pharmacist can mediate between patient and ____________ for medication questions or issues.
what is physician
What year did the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners member organization agree to push for federal provider status?
what is 2012
____ entity created to ensure greater access to care by extracting retroactive DIR fees from pharmacies weeks or months after they dispense prescriptions to Medicare Part D patients.
What are Pharmacy-based managers?
The retroactive nature of the fees prevents pharmacy businesses from determining whether they can afford to stay open—and many cannot.
What pharmacy organization encourages Congress to pass legislation that recognizes pharmacists as providers in Medicare Part B and as integral members of the health care team to provide patients with access to and coverage for our quality patient care services.
What is - APhA
What services are included in Provider Status?
What is bill Medicare Part B for services within their states’ scope of practice such as medication management, point-of-care testing, immunizations, and chronic disease management?
What is the latest PBM case that was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court during National Student Advocacy Week (October 5th-9th)
What is Rutledge vs. PCMA?