{"id":18072,"date":"2021-04-26T12:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18072"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:22:30","slug":"pharmacy-and-medically-underserved-areas-enhancement-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18072","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), along with Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) introduced the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, which will make it easier for Medicare patients in underserved communities to receive care. \u201cPharmacists often step in and serve as accessible access points of care,\u201d said Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, one of the co-sponsors, in a statement. \u201cPharmacists can provide wellness testing; help manages chronic disease and administers immunizations.\u201d The American Pharmacists Association said, \u201cIn most states, pharmacists already provide a wide range of patient care services, such as immunizations, blood pressure, and cholesterol monitoring, diabetes care, and smoking cessation services.\u201d Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/new-bill-aims-to-pay-pharmacists-under-medicare-for-providing-health-services\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15015\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_80061013legislation-law-bill-congress-senate-act-resized.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), along with Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) introduced the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-legislative-update","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18073,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18072\/revisions\/18073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}