UnitedHealthcare to pay Ohio pharmacists as medical providers

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

UnitedHealthcare plans to pay pharmacists in Ohio to deliver primary care to Medicaid patients, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

The health insurance giant told the Dispatch it plans to pay pharmacists to help patients better manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The logic behind the plan is that keeping these populations healthy could free up hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce patients’ overall medical expenses.  Continue reading article here…

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