Pharmacy payment model needs to be simplified

January 11, 2019 by B. Douglas Hoey B. Douglas Hoey, National Community Pharmacists Association, Simplifying the pharmacy payment model Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

Editor’s note: This was part of CDR’s 2019 Pharmacy Outlook in the January 7 issue. One thing that can be said about the state of prescription medications in 2019 is that the pharmacy payment model is complex, convoluted and confusing. Over $400 billion dollars are spent on prescription drugs, yet finding someone in the distribution