Efforts toward pharmacist recognition proceed at every level

Advocates of professional recognition for pharmacists continue to advance efforts at the state level. Students at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) helped pass a Vermont opioid law that includes language with implications for provider status in that state.

The new law allows health insurers to compensate pharmacists for otherwise-covered services included in a pharmacist’s scope of practice.

The statute also acknowledges the important role pharmacists play in curbing opioid abuse.

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