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California Hospital Association urges distinct rules for hospital pharmacies and asks board to form a hospital pharmacy committee
Summary
The California Hospital Association told the California State Board of Pharmacy on April 22, 2025, that hospitals face constrained capacity, rising costs and new statewide spending targets from the Office of Health Care Affordability, and urged the board to distinguish hospital pharmacy practice from retail practice and to form a hospital pharmacy committee to advise regulation and inspection guidance.
Sherry Low, vice president for policy at the California Hospital Association (CHA), told the California State Board of Pharmacy on April 22 that California hospitals are operating under intense financial and operational strain and said that pharmacy regulations should reflect differences between hospital and community pharmacy practice.
Low summarized CHA’s view of the hospital landscape: higher occupancy since the COVID‑19 pandemic, rising acuity and length of stay, labor costs up sharply and many hospitals operating in the red. She told the board that hospitals face a complex mix of state and federal regulators, mounting costs from seismic compliance and other mandates, and growing patient demand for behavioral health services. Low said…
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