Pharmacy Residency Reimbursement

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredits Pharmacy Residency Programs. In certain scenarios, Post-Graduate Year One (PGY1) residency programs accredited by ASHP may be eligible for funding from the federal government. Links below include:

  1. ASHP Webinar on Reimbursement (2017)
  2. CMS (2020)- MA program funding (2020)
  3. KS Law Review (2018)
  4. Dentons Reivew (2017)

1.The American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) provided a webinar: Optimizing GME Pass Through Reimbursement for Residency Training Programs (March 2017) presented by Thomas W. Woller, M.S., FASHP (video link (1:28:26)) Companion slides can be accessed here.

Additional information:

2. CMS transmittal: Updates to Nursing and Allied Health Education Medicare Advantage Payment Policies on Medicare Advantage (MA) funding (effective date of September 21, 2020 and an implementation date of November 23, 2020): https://www.cms.gov/files/document/r10315otn.pdf

3. “Emerging Issues in Reimbursement for Allied Health Education”, KS Law: Reimbursement Advisor, Hettich D and LaBattaglia M, June 2018, Volume 33, No. 10

https://www.kslaw.com/attachments/000/006/065/original/Emerging_Issues_in_Reimbursement_for_Allied_Health_Education_-_Scrutiny_of_N_AH_programs_ramps_up.pdf?1531249360

4. Dentons: Key funding issues for provider-operated allied health residency programs (July 13, 2017) https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2dc183dd-0e40-47a5-a3ba-c0bae0b7fec5