Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8104

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Publication type: Journal Article

Sellers JA.
Medicare drug benefit.
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1999 Aug 1; 56:(15):1503
http://www.ajhp.org/cgi/reprint/56/15/1503

Abstract:

The potential impact of proposed Medicare coverage of outpatient prescriptions on the costs of the program and the profits of the pharmaceutical industry are discussed, and the opportunities for pharmacists to provide drug information to patients and achieve reimbursement for cognitive services associated with dispensing such medications are described. Strategies to minimize Medicare costs if outpatient prescription coverage becomes a reality are also discussed.

Keywords:
Association Medicare/economics* Medicare/standards* Prescriptions, Drug/standards* United States