PAYMENT PARITY FOR PHARMACISTS’ SERVICES

To advocate pharmacists, as healthcare providers, receive payment that is commensurate with services provided within their scope of practice.

This policy supersedes ASHP policy 1502.

Rationale

Recognition of pharmacists as healthcare providers is emerging and is being codified in state law as well as in current federal legislative proposals (e.g., H.R. 592, S. 314). In some cases, this recognition also includes specified compensation through existing payment mechanisms (e.g., federal Medicare Part B or state Medicaid programs). With recognition, pharmacists should be sustainably compensated for their patient-care services by all public and private payers using standardized billing processes.