Chain Drug Stores: Pharmacist Provider Status Would Improve Chronic Disease Care

By Michelle M. Stein / July 25, 2014 at 12:06 PM
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is using a recent Senate Finance Committee push to improve chronic care to further pharmacists' call for provider status, as NACDS says provider status would allow pharmacists to do more for chronically ill patients at the pharmacy, saving money and increasing the health of the chronically ill in the long run. NACDS' move to tie pharmacists' bid for provider status to improved care for those with chronic conditions also comes as many pharmacist...


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