Pharmacies Can Fill Big Role in Health Overhaul, Walgreens Says

Published On: June 4th, 2009

PIggy bank In the debate over health-care reform, pharmacists — unlike insurance companies and drug makers — haven’t been much discussed. But the people who fill our prescriptions could help the health-care system save billions, Greg Wasson, CEO of pharmacy chain Walgreens, told the Chicago Tribune.

Other industry leaders also gave the Tribune their perspective on health-care reform solutions.

Wasson says that pharmacists could increase their role in “medication management therapy,” increasing patients’ compliance with their drug regimen and thereby reducing costs associated with a disease that result when patients don’t take their drugs.

But to do that, he says pharmacies would need to be paid more than the $2 to $4 a prescription they currently receive. He didn’t say how much more.

“Pharmacists can play a key role,” Wasson told the Tribune. “Pharmacists are the most accessible health-care provider and one of the most trusted professionals next to nurses.”

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