LTC Pharmacies To HHS: Remove Us From Provider Relief Cap

Long-term care pharmacies are asking HHS to separate them from retail pharmacies when calculating Phase 4 provider relief distributions, calling the 10% cap on annual patient care revenue arbitrary and unfair when long-term care pharmacies’ average patient care revenues are 30% to 35% of their total revenues. Long-term care pharmacies are also concerned they’re being left out of the rural provider relief distribution because HHS won’t count Medicare Part D and other bundled payments as indirect payments that suppliers received...