NACDS-backed provider status bill hits milestone

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced that NACDS-backed bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4190, which would expand pharmacists’ ability to serve patients and improve their healthcare outcomes, has garnered a milestone 100 co-sponsors.



The legislation would amend the Social Security Act, allowing pharmacists to be paid by Medicare Part B for providing services in medically underserved communities — subject to state scope-of-practice laws.



Reps. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., and Tim Walz, D-Minn., are the latest cosponsors of the bill, which was introduced on March 11.