Perspectives in Reimbursements for Pharmacies and Patient Care

Community pharmacies are facing major barriers due to PBM practices and vertical integration, ultimately jeopardizing patient access and trust in health care.

Independent pharmacies face significant challenges—such as software limitations, staffing shortages, and inconsistent billing requirements—that hinder fair reimbursement for clinical services.

As the pharmacist's scope of practice grows, so does the imperative to prove economic and clinical outcomes to payers, policymakers, and the pharmaceutical industry.