What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is HR 9365.
Medicare Coverage Expansion: Pharmacist Services in Underserved Areas.
This law expands Medicare coverage to include specific services provided by licensed pharmacists, particularly in areas where access to physicians is limited. This change aims to improve healthcare access for seniors living in rural or underserved communities, allowing them to receive certain routine medical care directly from their pharmacist. Medicare will cover 80% of the approved cost for these services.
Key points
Medicare will now cover certain medical services provided by licensed pharmacists, provided these services are within the pharmacist's legal scope of practice.
This coverage is specifically limited to services furnished in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas or Medically Underserved Areas.
Beneficiaries will be responsible for the standard 20% co-payment for these newly covered pharmacist services.
Status:
Expired
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