The sponsors of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 2800), Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), issued an RFI to gain feedback on how pharmacists can meet the pressing challenges of chronic care among seniors particularly in rural and underserved areas. For context the legislation, adds pharmacists to the list of providers whose patient care services, when delivered to patients in medically underserved communities, are covered by Medicare Part B (i.e., grant them “provider status”). AAPP’s response to the RFI highlighted the role of psychiatric pharmacists in providing Comprehensive Medication Management as well as being at the nexus of bidirectional integration of primary care and behavioral health. AAPP’s comments also lifted up the challenge of lack of reimbursement for pharmacist-provided patient care services in expanding access to care.