Scripted and CPESN USA Announce Historic Collaboration to Enable Medical Billing and Same Day Care Offerings at Community Pharmacies

Pharmacies can bill Medicaid and commercial medical insurance plans, transforming their margins on standard services while patients access affordable, same-day care offerings.

CPESN® USA announced a new collaboration with Scripted, enabling thousands of pharmacies across America to offer affordable same-day healthcare services and bill a patient’s medical insurance.

CPESN members gain access to over 30 health services, including UTI, flu, COVID-19, and strep testing at reduced costs. Patients can walk in or book online for assessments and, for positive tests, receive prescriptions directly from pharmacists - all in one convenient visit.

Billing to medical insurance has vast implications for the viability of community pharmacy locations — even for common vaccines, billing medical insurance can increase reimbursement rates up to two hundred percent. Scripted enables pharmacists to get reimbursed at parity with physicians in many cases.

At a time when pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) margins are squeezing pharmacies and drug reimbursements remain low, this co…