Medicare Part D Preferred Pharmacy Networks And The Risk For Pharmacy Closure, 2014–23
Medicare Part D plans incentivize the use of specific pharmacies through preferred networks. We found that independent pharmacies and pharmacies in low-income, Black, and Latinx neighborhoods were less likely to be preferred by most Part D plans than chains and pharmacies in other neighborhoods. Pharmacies that were not preferred by most plans were 70-350 percent more likely to close than other pharmacies.
Authors
- G. Caleb Alexander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-2986)
- Jenny S. Guadamuz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2312-4140)
- Genevieve P. Kanter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3044-7829)
- Dima M. Qato
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01452
- Primary Topic
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00