CMS Targets Pharmaceutical Waste

A new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to limit pharmaceutical waste and support independent pharmacies.

The proposed rule, which has garnered support from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), would require pharmacies to supply brand-name drugs in seven-day cycles in long-term care facilities instead of the current 30-day cycle.

In a letter to CMS, the NCPA wrote "This new policy is an opportunity to utilize community pharmacists to produce real savings for Medicare, beneficiaries and Part D plan sponsors and allow pharmacists to be recognized for the value of those services to patients and the overall system."

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