Few things are worse than checking your balance and seeing a lower number than you expect. Two decades ago, the NCPA filed a report on the differences between amounts approved and amounts paid to independent pharmacies by third-party payers. They found that when there was a difference, the pharmacy lost an average of $20 per
According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, pharmacies across the country filled 10.5 million prescriptions per day in 2018. Of those, only five percent were paid for without a third-party payer involved. That leaves 95 percent of the average pharmacy’s prescription revenue tied up with private insurance companies and government health insurance programs. That’s
