S.3159

Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act aims to ensure uninterrupted access to long-term care pharmacy services for Medicare.

The Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act seeks to amend the Social Security Act to temporarily provide for long-term care pharmacy supply fees in connection with the dispensing of certain drugs. It mandates a study by the Comptroller General on the economic sustainability of long-term care pharmacies in the Medicare prescription drug program. The act also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide subsidies to prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage organizations for supply fees paid to long-term care pharmacies.