NACDS RxIMPACT needs your help urging Congress to pass the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have access to essential care and services provided by pharmacists within state scope of practice laws.
Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Doris Matsui (D-CA) recently introduced ECAPS (H.R. 3164), bipartisan legislation that would ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access select testing and treatment services from pharmacists. ECAPS allows pharmacists to receive payment from Medicare Part B to provide select services to seniors for certain respiratory conditions.
Senior populations, including those living in rural areas, are particularly vulnerable to complications from common respiratory conditions. Payments would apply only in states where pharmacists are already permitted by state law to deliver these services. This legislation would help ensure seniors in rural areas and vulnerable communities can turn to their local pharmacists for testing and treatment services that can protect them from certain common respiratory conditions.
Congress must move quickly and provide seniors with Medicare coverage in states where pharmacists can offer testing and treatment services for conditions that, although common, can quickly become life-threatening if not properly managed. While Americans with private insurance, Medicaid beneficiaries, and federal employees may be covered, Congress must act to ensure access to essential pharmacist services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Help NACDS RxIMPACT tell your U.S. Representatives to cosponsor and advance this important legislation. Please click on the below “Take Action Now” button, type in your contact information, and the letter-writing system will populate a letter to your U.S. Representative. IMPORTANT NOTE: The system will generate a letter to your U.S. Representative based on whether he or she authored the bill, cosponsored the bill, or has not yet cosponsored the bill.
Our profession, our industry, and our patients are depending on you. If you have any questions about this communication, please contact Heidi Ecker, Vice President of Government, Political, and Digital Communications via email at Hecker@nacds.org.
Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Doris Matsui (D-CA) recently introduced ECAPS (H.R. 3164), bipartisan legislation that would ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access select testing and treatment services from pharmacists. ECAPS allows pharmacists to receive payment from Medicare Part B to provide select services to seniors for certain respiratory conditions.
Senior populations, including those living in rural areas, are particularly vulnerable to complications from common respiratory conditions. Payments would apply only in states where pharmacists are already permitted by state law to deliver these services. This legislation would help ensure seniors in rural areas and vulnerable communities can turn to their local pharmacists for testing and treatment services that can protect them from certain common respiratory conditions.
Congress must move quickly and provide seniors with Medicare coverage in states where pharmacists can offer testing and treatment services for conditions that, although common, can quickly become life-threatening if not properly managed. While Americans with private insurance, Medicaid beneficiaries, and federal employees may be covered, Congress must act to ensure access to essential pharmacist services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Help NACDS RxIMPACT tell your U.S. Representatives to cosponsor and advance this important legislation. Please click on the below “Take Action Now” button, type in your contact information, and the letter-writing system will populate a letter to your U.S. Representative. IMPORTANT NOTE: The system will generate a letter to your U.S. Representative based on whether he or she authored the bill, cosponsored the bill, or has not yet cosponsored the bill.
Our profession, our industry, and our patients are depending on you. If you have any questions about this communication, please contact Heidi Ecker, Vice President of Government, Political, and Digital Communications via email at Hecker@nacds.org.
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