In 2017, Tennessee enacted Public Chapter 82, paving the way for pharmacists to be credentialed and reimbursed as medical providers in commercial health plan medical provider networks. Following on the heels of the enactment of a similar law in Washington state in 2015, Tennessee became only the second state to enact such legislation granting pharmacists recognition and payment as “providers”. Since the enactment of these important laws, similar laws have been enacted in additional states to increase patient access to compensated pharmacist-provided patient care services.
