Washington stakeholders discuss audio-only telemedicine rules
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The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) held a stakeholder meeting on new rules requiring health plans to reimburse for audio-only telemedicine services on July 12.
Stakeholders voiced concerns over language in ESHB 1196 particularly relating to what they felt could be restrictions on where services could be provided, and who could be reimbursed for providing them.
Don Downing, a University of Washington pharmacy professor and representative of the Washington State Pharmacy Association, said language in the bill made it confusing as to where the patient would be allowed to access telemedicine from.
More Than 130 Healthcare Groups Express Support for Legislation Expanding Medicare Patients Access to Pharmacist Services
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WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, more than 130 healthcare groups applauded the introduction of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 1362, H.R. 2759), legislation that will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries in medically underserved areas have access to pharmacists primary care services.
In a letter sent to the bill s original sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) the healthcare groups, including rural health advocates, consumer groups, and pharmacy organizations, call for the removal of restrictions on seniors access to care.
NACDS, WSPA, NCPA File Lawsuit to Stop Unlawful Medicaid Rule that May Harm Patient Access to Care in Washington State
Pharmacy groups file complaint, urge federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reverse the approval of a state plan that unlawfully reimburses pharmacies below the actual cost of dispensing prescriptions to Medicaid patients NCPA May 3, 2021
On Thursday, April 29, NACDS, the Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator to challenge the recent approval of Washington State’s unlawful, below-cost Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement plan – which may jeopardize both reliable patient access to care and pharmacy viability alike.
April 20, 2021
By Steve Nakata, Division of Student Affairs
In recognition of their leadership and contributions to WSU communities, 48 Washington State University students, 4 faculty and staff members, and several organizations will receive the Leadership and Engagement Award of Distinction (LEAD) during a ceremony at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20.
The event is coordinated by the Office of Student Involvement in the Division of Student Affairs and will include the inauguration of the newly elected president and vice president of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). Members of the WSU community are invited to join the award recipients in viewing the ceremony via live stream.
Students from WSU’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held a fundraiser to purchase emergency contraceptives, which will be provided to students for free.
Brook Kotlarz, junior liaison of WSU’s chapter of the Washington State Pharmacy Association and chair of Pharmacists for Reproductive Education, created the fundraiser along with two other WSU pharmacy students.
The idea for this fundraiser came from wanting to improve public access to contraceptive education, Kotlarz said.
Koltarz said she is also working on a project that would provide online education events. During these events, students would be able to talk about emergency contraceptives, including how to get them and how to afford them.