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Committee backs reimbursement boost to keep home parenteral nutrition pharmacies serving Colorado children
Summary
Senate Bill 84 would increase reimbursement to pharmacies that compound and deliver parenteral nutrition for pediatric patients, intended to stem closures of pharmacies willing to accept Medicaid TPN patients and avoid costly hospital stays.
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted to send Senate Bill 84 to the Appropriations Committee after providers and physicians warned that current reimbursement does not cover the operational cost of preparing and delivering home parenteral nutrition (TPN) for pediatric patients.
Sponsors said the bill creates a temporary increase in the “restocking” reimbursement paid to pharmacies that compound sterile parenteral nutrition, using a statutory cap set at 30 percent as a first‑step incentive to recruit more pharmacies to serve pediatric Medicaid patients. Supporters said…
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