AMCP applauds Senators Moore Capito (R-WV) and Shaheen (D-NH) and Congressmen Thompson (D-CA-5) and McKinley (R-WV-1) on the introduction of the bipartisan Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act.
Health care services provided by pharmacists are a vital part of comprehensive patient care. AMCP supports the use of payment arrangements for pharmacists that include performance-based metrics related to these health care services, on which some of the pharmacist’s reimbursement is based.
On March 18, AMCP provided comments to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology regarding electronic prior authorization.
On March 9, AMCP joined 13 pharmacy organizations in urging President Biden to authorize pharmacists to order and administer oral antivirals to treat COVID-19 as part of the administration's Test to Treat policy.