Points to press
Points to press
The ASCP encourages pharmacists to contact the state and press these points:
• Decisions were made without input from the pharmacy community or forewarning that there were any problems with current Medicaid payment.
• Cuts will reduce access to medications for patients served by pharmacies.
• Cuts threaten quality of care for frail elderly seniors receiving Medicaid benefits.
• Cuts are severe to pharmacies, most of which already operate with very thin margins.
• The cuts to dispensing fees are approximately 30%.
• Dispensing fee reductions were chosen arbitrarily and without any cost studies.
• Increases in Medicaid drug expenditures are not a result of increased profitability of pharmacies.
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