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Walgreens: no new Medicaid patients as of April 16
Janet I. Tu
Seattle
Times
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't
take any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions
is a money-losing proposition — the latest development
in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid reimbursement.
The company, which operates 121 stores in the state, will continue
filling Medicaid prescriptions for current patients.
In a news release, Walgreens said its decision to not take
new Medicaid patients stemmed from a "continued reduction
in reimbursement" under the state's Medicaid program, which
reimburses it at less than the break-even point for 95 percent
of brand-name medications dispensed to Medicaid patents.
Walgreens follows Bartell Drugs, which stopped taking new Medicaid
patients last month at all 57 of its stores in Washington, though
it still fills Medicaid prescriptions for existing customers
at all but 15 of those stores.
Full
article here
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