Pharmacy Podcast Network

Designing Pharmacy’s Future Together | DHX Virtual Summit

Join US!!
https://cpha.com/event/dhx-virtual/ 
The 3-day experience will connect YOU with others unified in the mission to contribute to a healthier society. 
Telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and precision medicine are rapidly transforming how health care is delivered and consumed. Join us as we explore opportunities to leverage digital health technologies and solutions to augment the care we provide today and shape the future of health.
During the conference, you will hear from industry leaders, digital health innovators, and visionary futurists! We invite everyone across the healthcare ecosystem to join us as we collectively explore health, well-being, and medication optimization through digital health integration. The possibilities are limitless as converging technologies are rapidly catalyzing the movement from health care to health.
DHX Virtual will be covered by Pharmacy Times and Pharmacy Podcast Network. 
2019 on the First DHX Summit w/  Dr. Parisa Vatanka, PharmD, CTTS about the Digital Health Conference held by the California Pharmacist Association (CPhA). 
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Pharmacy Goes to the U.S. Supreme Court | Locked on Pharmacy

For the first time ever, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that may determine the future of pharmacy for years to come. In Rutledge v. PCMA, which originated in Arkansas, the Court has been asked to decide if states can regulate the controversial business practices of pharmacy benefit managers. Oral arguments will be heard Oct. 6 in this potentially landmark case. The American Pharmacists Association joined several other pharmacy organizations in filing an amicus brief, submitting arguments to support the state of Arkansas.
Guests:
Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD
Senior VP for Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs, APhA
John Vinson, PharmD
Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Pharmacists Association
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Open Enrollment Reviews | Pharmacy Marketing Simplified

Marketing For Open Enrollment
Approximately 10,000 people a day turn 65 in the United States. That’s a huge opportunity to gain new patients not only during Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D, but throughout the entire year. Before we dive into year around marketing, let’s talk about the more pressing time of Open Enrollment. With it starting next week, be sure you are helping your patients find the best plan for them.
Learn more here: https://www.grxmarketing.com/post/open-enrollment 
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The Role Of Digital Health In Pharmacy: Innovations, Opportunities, & Barriers | PsychU Community Podcast

Digital health technology can be used in a variety of settings to increase adherence, engage patients, and measure outcomes. This includes within community, hospital, clinical, and retail pharmacies, where pharmacists fill and refill prescriptions, educate patients on medication side effects, review prescriptions for medication contraindications, provide vaccinations and other medical services, manage chronic conditions, and provide medication management services.
Many providers, including pharmacists, are adopting digital health solutions to increase their ability to provide efficient and effective care to the patients they serve.
In this interview, Dr. Timothy Aungst chats with Dr. Bob Pitasi about the potential opportunities digital health technologies present to the pharmacy profession, including remote enhanced chronic care management, integrated teleservice care, and digitally monitoring patient adherence. Finally, speakers discuss potential barriers to digital health adoption and utilization.
Timothy Aungst, Pharm.D., is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at MCPHS University, in Worcester, Massachusettes. During his post-graduate training, he began writing for multiple companies about mHealth and digital health solutions, with a focus on mobile applications.
Since then, Dr. Aungst has conducted research on digital health technologies for pharmacy and published multiple peer review journal articles on the topic.
Robert Pitasi, Pharm.D., BCPP, MBA, is a Medical Science Liaison for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Dr. Pitasi is a paid employee of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
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Do You Smell What the Rock is Cooking? | GameChangers

Antibiotics are a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infections. Combining a review of the 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America and recent literature for prophylactic therapies, learn how to care for patients between a rock and a hard place.
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Sexual Harassment in Pharmacy | Transforming a Nation

Today’s ‘Transforming a Nation’ Podcast episode 4 in the series, focuses on inexcusable Sexual Harassment in the Profession of Pharmacy with Brittany Bissell, PharmD is a Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacist and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky & Mojdeh Heavner PharmD is Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
The tweet from Dr. Rebecca Smith @RebeccaESmith on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebeccaraesmith/status/1308161152988270592?s=20
References:
Addressing Sexual and Gender Harassment in Pharmacy Education to Improve Provider Wellness and Patient Care
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223926/
Frequency and severity of sexual harassment in pharmacy practice in Ohio
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10533349/
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Pharmacists Leading in Public Health | Christina Madison, PharmD

Dr. Christina Madison, PharmD & Dr. Leslie Asanga, PharmD, MBA, MPH talk about the mission of delivering public health with advance technologies embracing mobile applications, pharmacist's oversight, and collaboration with physicians. 
About Dr. Christina Madison, PharmD
Dr. Madison is a past President of the Nevada Public Health Association who has been asked to share her clinical public health and infectious disease expertise with Local, State, and International Media outlets and NGO’s. She has an intimate knowledge of the impact public health messaging, policy, and legislation can have on communities.
A trusted and valued health care professional with 13 years of experience in Public Health and 16 year’s experience as a pharmacy professional. She has received multiple awards and recognitions including recent recognition by Pharmacy Times’ as a “Pharmacy Hero” in May 2020 for her patient education and pharmacy advocacy during COVID19.
She has also been recognized for her patient counseling skills and public health/vaccine advocacy and leadership including Silver Syringe Awards in 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2015, Public Health Leader of the Year 2014 from the Nevada Public Health Association, One to One Patient Counseling Award by Pharmacy Times in 2012 and 2014, and most recently being inducted as Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for her sustained contributions to the organization and profession of pharmacy.  Dr. Madison is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice with Roseman University of Health Sciences (RU).  
She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the New Mexico VA Health Care System in 2005, she obtained board certification in ambulatory care pharmacist (BCACP) in 2011, has been credentialed with the Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVP) since 2013, and was elected Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (FCCP) in 2018. She maintains two active clinical practices with Huntridge Family Clinic, which focuses on the LGTBQ community and is one of the largest providers of HIV prevention and gender affirming care services in the State of Nevada as well as Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada (VMSN) where she offers immunization and communicable disease care.
Dr. Madison actively participates in both state and national pharmacy and healthcare organizations to facilitate awareness of healthcare policy, education, and advocacy. She is the Founder and CEO of The Public Health Pharmacist, PLLC a public health consulting firm. Currently she is helping individuals and businesses navigate the COVID19 global pandemic, providing Public Health PR Plans for getting businesses back in action and prepared for the next hurdles. Advocating for change to improve the health and wellness of vulnerable populations and the underserved is her passion and mission.  
https://www.thepublichealthpharmacist.com/about 
About Leslie Asanga, PharmD, MBA, MPH 
Dr. Asanga is an experienced pharmacist and recently graduated from Yale University with a Master of Public Health degree. While at Yale, he took courses in Public Health Entrepreneurship, Startup Founder Studies, and Sustainable Innovations in Healthcare at the Yale School of Management. He is the CEO and co-founder of UrPharm which won the Thorne Prize at Startup Yale 2020. He also holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Roseman University of Health Sciences and an MBA with more than five years of healthcare experience. He is an innovator and passionate about creating healthcare ventures that create impact in vulnerable communities.
https://www.pills2me.com/#/team 
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Carrie Wilkerson, Leadership From The Inside Out | The Corepreneur Podcast with Anne Arvizu

Carrie Wilkerson talks about women in business, the qualities of a natural leader, and what leadership looks like -- as well as what it doesn't.
"We all have some level of leadership. Whether we choose to pick it up or not is a different thing." - Carrie Wilkerson.
Learn more about this episode of The Corepreneur Podcast with Anne Arvizu at www.annearvizu.com/03 
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Pharmacy Business Expansion Strategy | First Financial Bank

Pharmacy owner Trent Moore with Sav-Mor Pharmacy in Neoga Illinois joins First Financial Bank's Pharmacy Division Loan Officer Mr. Bo Garmon for our 3rd part of the series on strategic planning, expansion, and lending. 
Pharmacy ownership is a big step that commonly requires gathering large sums of money in the form of bank loans. It can be difficult for prospective pharmacy owners to secure commercial loans because most banks are asset-based lenders.
One of an existing pharmacy’s biggest assets is the prescription files. Without understanding how pharmacies operate, commercial banks can place little value on these “blue sky” assets, despite their worth of potentially many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
First Financial Bank (FFB) is a customer-oriented community bank headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, and a national lender that specializes in industry-specific loans to pharmacists and veterinarians. Their pharmacy lending team includes current and past pharmacy owners with more than 75 years of combined pharmacy experience. Their expertise in working with independent pharmacies allows them to offer a range of flexible terms tailored to the unique situation of pharmacy ownership. 
Schedule a time to plan your pharmacy expansion: 
https://www.ffb1.com/loans/pharmacy-loans/our-pharmacy-lenders.html 
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From the Front Line of the Opioid Pandemic | Beyond the Sig 09

In our second episode covering the opioid crisis, Stephanie McGrath, PharmD Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network talks with pharmacist Alex Lavella, PharmD from Hilltop Pharmacy, a Flip the Pharmacy site.  Alex shares details about their opioid crisis patient services and the impact they are having on their underserved community.    Alex inspires us to be more than “just the pharmacist behind the counter” to take a stand in the fight against opioid misuse and abuse.  
https://www.hilltoppharmacyrx.com/
www.flipthepharmacy.com 
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Your Environment, DNA, & Longevity | Ted Smith PhD

Your Environment could be more important than Your DNA to Your Health
Ted Smith PhD., is an associate professor of environmental medicine and deputy director of the Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Smith is also the director of the Envirome Institute's Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil.
Theodore R. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
The human envirome is made up of all the environmental conditions that affect us.
Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to a person’s wellbeing and disease risk. Until now, the environmental effects on health has not been studied. There is no framework to understand our environment as a whole (the envirome) or the interactions between the natural, social, and personal domains. To understand how the environment increases or decreases risk for developing heart disease we must understand the impact the envirome and its specific domains have on health.Read the entire manuscript here.
The envirome is made up of everything around us.
Natural Environment: everything that is not man-made like the weather, mountains and rivers, and plants and animals.
Social Environment: how we organize ourselves into a society and build cities.
Personal Environment: the lives we to build for ourselves, where we live, what we eat, and whether we chose to exercise or smoke.
The Envirome is made up of three inter-related types of environment – the natural, social, and personal domains of the external environment. Our characteristics come from interactions between our genes and our environments- both our envirome now and past enviromes that shaped our ancestors. The envirome shapes everything about a person, from their mental and physical development to disease risk and life span.
Natural Environment
The Natural environment includes cycles of night and day, rhythms of the seasons, altitude, latitude, and variations in exposure to sunshine and greenspaces profoundly affect human health and well-being.
Social Environment
The influence of the natural environment features is deeply transformed by urbanization through the social environment. The social environment includes the built environment, agricultural and industrial activities and pollution as well as culture, economic activities, and social networks. Through exposure to traffic, pollution, and occupational hazards, urbanization limits human health and creates disease risk. Moreover, large social networks cause disease inequities and health disparities by influencing access to healthcare, social cohesion, and socioeconomic status. 
Personal Environment
Within the social environment, individuals create personal environments through individual lifestyle choices that improve their status or provide protection from threatening natural and social influences. Every personal environment is different, characterized by income, education, and lifestyle choices relating to nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and the use of recreational drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. 
Why it Matters
The interactions between genetic and environmental factors enable human development and contribute to a person's wellbeing and disease risk. But, until now, how the environmental effects health has received little attention. Evaluation of environmental determinants of disease is limited by the lack of comprehensive omics approaches for integrating multiple environmental exposures. Hence, to understand the effects of the environment as a whole (envirome), it is important to delineate specific domains of the environment and to decipher the relationships between these domains, and how they individually and collectively affect human health. We are guided by a hierarchical model of the structure of the human envirome; defined by 3 consecutively nested domains, consisting of natural, social, and personal environments. Extensive evidence suggests that features of the natural environment such as sunlight, altitude, diurnal rhythms, vegetation, and biodiversity affect cardiovascular health. However, the effects of the natural environment are moderated by the social environment comprised of built environments, agricultural and industrial activities, pollutants and contaminants, as well as culture, economic activities, and social networks that affect health by influencing access to healthcare, social cohesion, and socioeconomic status. From resources available within society, individuals create personal environments, characterized by private income, wealth and education, and populated by behavioral and lifestyle choices relating to nutrition, physical activity, sleep, the use of recreational drugs, and smoking. An understanding of the interactions between different domains of the envirome and their integrated effects on cardiovascular health could lead to the development of new prevention strategies and deeper insights into etiologic processes that contribute to cardiovascular disease risk and susceptibility.
Background and Context
A conducive environment is essential for human health and well-being. It enables and orchestrates human development and it exerts a profound influence on human fitness and disease risk. But the human environment is complex; it includes not only the physical elements of geography and ecology, but also large social networks fashioned by unique combinations of history and culture. These components of the environment conform to a discernable structure that links discrete elements of the environment together. These features and the structure of environmental elements exert their influence on humans via their many interactive domains. Of these, nature is the most primordial domain of the human environment.
Ecological features such as the cycles of night and day, the rhythms of the seasons, the gradations in altitude and latitude, and the variations in exposure to sunshine and greenspaces profoundly affect human health and well-being. In advanced human societies, the influence of these natural features is deeply transformed by urbanization. With its attendant exposures to traffic, pollution, and occupational hazards, urbanization limits human health and imposes disease risk.
Moreover, by imparting variable socioeconomic status and by creating large social networks, these societies generate disease inequities and health disparities. Within these social networks; however, humans create unique personal environments populated by individual lifestyle choices to shield themselves from adverse social and natural influences or to enhance their positive impact.
Hence, to understand, assess, and ameliorate the effects of the environment on health, it is critical not only to evaluate the impact of natural, social and personal domains of the environment, but to assess how these domains interact with each other and how they individually and collectively bear upon human health. Such integrative effects of the environment have not been evaluated before.
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This is Me Trying | GameChangers

The TAILOR-PCI Trial evaluates the outcomes between genotype-guided P2Y12 inhibitor selection versus conventional prescribing on ischemic outcomes. Listen to Geoff Wall and guest, Jake Galdo, discuss the role of pharmacogenomics in patient care.
Additional Resource/Reference:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2769725 
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Pharmacists Focused on Mental Health | David Dent, Future PharmD Class of 2022

Our 2nd part of the "Pharmacists focused on Mental Health" podcast series featured David Dent, Doctorate of Pharmacy Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University class of 2022. David is a fellow podcaster and we encourage you to take a listen to his show: 
OVERxDOSE: A Pharmacy Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overxdose-a-pharmacy-podcast/id1447073305 
Part One: 
Pharmacists Focused on Mental Health | Monica Krishnan PharmD 
https://omny.fm/shows/pharmacy-podcast-network/pharmacists-focused-on-mental-health-monica-krishn 
David writes:
Exploring anything and everything Pharmacy and drugs from the perspective of a slightly sarcastic, extremely professional, and, hopefully, witty third year Pharmacy student (P3). I'll be diving into harder to discuss topics that will hopefully bring insight into the unknown world of Pharmacy.
I take an interdisciplinary approach to all healthcare topics and professions through candid interviews with students, practicing professionals, and discussing new innovations in healthcare I get exposed to as I continue to earn my Pharm. D.. All while hopefully making you laugh a little and learn something along the way. My goal for this podcast is to help promote the profession as a whole, and help all people and healthcare professionals stay #AWARxE🥼of the many important roles Pharmacists play in healthcare.
Furthermore, I hope to make this podcast something future pharmacists, patients, and friends of mine will enjoy and benefit from. Maybe even inspire others wanting to move into a career in the medical field to consider pursuing an exciting, and totally not boring, career in Pharmacy. 
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Introduction from: CBS News from September 4, 2020
Concern grows over impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health 
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Ali Brown, Copycats & Thieves | The Corepreneur Podcast with Anne Arvizu PharmD

Dr. Anne Arvizu's first guest on The Corepreneur Podcast is none other than Ali Brown, one of the world's most recognized business coaches for women entrepreneurs and thought leaders. Ali is also a renowned leadership speaker and founder of The Trust.
Ali Brown discusses her journey as an entrepreneur, how to protect your intellectual property, and how to bring spirituality into the workplace.
“Not too long ago we were still property, and now here we are claiming our ideas as property.”  – Ali Brown.
Learn more about this episode of The Corepreneur Podcast with Anne Arvizu at www.annearvizu.com/02 
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Expressing the Pharmacist’s Value Directly to Patients | Beyond the Sig 08

Pharmacies in Pennsylvania and across the country are transforming their care delivery model and documenting the care provided to patients to express their value to payers.  This transformation is setting them up to sustain and thrive in a new era of healthcare with value-based payment models. 
In this episode of Beyond the Sig, we talk to one pharmacist who started his pharmacy with this care delivery model in mind and is expressing his value to a payer often forgotten in health care – the patient.  Kyle McCormick, PharmDis the owner of Blueberry Pharmacy in Westview, Pennsylvania, a different kind of pharmacy that sets itself apart from the rest by providing access to low-cost medications without the need for insurance.  With optional membership programs available to fit patients’ needs, the savings people see on their medications are substantial.  Kyle offers his insight on how pharmacists can provide care and value directly to patients.
www.blueberrypharmacy.com 
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Sickle Cell Podcast Series | William Amarquaye, PharmD

William Amarquaye, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist at Brandon Regional Hospital
returns to the Pharmacy Podcast Nation to share his knowledge on the sickle cell disease state. 
Via Sickle Cell 101
Sickle cell is a blood disorder passed down from parents to children. It is characterized by sickle or crescent-shaped red blood cells that are unable to carry oxygen sufficiently through the body, causing a range of complications.
Sickle cell is caused by certain changes in the DNA code or a mutation. All people with sickle cell disease inherited a specific mutation that changes the way some of their blood cells function. Normally, red blood cells are round and flexible and can travel easily through blood vessels; however, in people with sickle cell disease, their red blood cells transform into brittle, sticky and crescent (or sickle) shaped cells called sickle cells.
Due to their shape and consistency, sickle cells become unable to move freely through small blood vessels, which can block or slow down blood flow to all of the tissues beyond that point, this is called vaso-occlusion, or a vaso-occlusive pain crisis. Your blood flows all throughout the body, therefore any organ (like the kidneys) or tissue (like muscles) could be affected. 
This loss of blood flow causes a shortage of oxygen to the affected body parts and organs. When the oxygen level is too low, injuries and even cell death occurs. This complication causes damage that builds up as time goes on. In addition to the loss of blood flow, sickle cells break down very easily and rapidly (called hemolysis) in the bloodstream, causing a shortage of blood cells, or anemia, and releasing content that can be toxic in high levels. 
All of these events inside the body can cause extreme pain, damage to organs and several other complications that contribute to the negative impact of sickle cell disease.
RESOURCES by Pharmacists on SICKLE CELL:
READ TLDR Pharmacy Blog
The Pharmacist's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease
https://www.tldrpharmacy.com/content/the-pharmacists-guide-to-sickle-cell-disease 
William Amarquaye, PharmD 
Clinical Pharmacist at Brandon Regional Hospital
Ghanaboy. PharmD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GhanaboyPharmd 
https://www.youtube.com/c/GhanaboyPharmD/videos 
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Pharmacy CrossRoads | Pharmacy Owner Mona Ghattas

Special Guest: Mona Ghattas
Duran Central Pharmacy
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
www.durancentralpharmacy.com
I have been to your pharmacy twice and am intrigued by the physical layout of your pharmacy.  Tell us just a bit about where your pharmacy is and how your unique physical location provides both opportunities and challenges.
So your pharmacy is attractive and the staff are all friendly.  Tell me, how does that happen?  How do you keep the staff motivated and the pharmacy looking so nice?
So, we all know third party reimbursement is bad and getting worse.  What kinds of things are you doing to fend off the negative effects of that?
As you mentioned some of your management techniques and professional services, I am reminded you are an active and fully engaged member of IPC – The Independent Pharmacy Cooperative, the New Mexico Pharmacist Associations – and active in other groups. Anything special you’d like to share with our listeners about how being active in pharmacy, business and other groups helps you provide more profitable clinical services?  (feel free to throw in a comment on WSPC as well)
One of the things I have told pharmacy owners for 40 years is that to be successful you not only need to take good care of customers but you also need to get out of the pharmacy.  Do you have a comment on that philosophy?   
You’ve done some interesting thing with flu shots – share a story or two about where you go and how those clinics came about.
You have something like 60 employees, that is a good size operation. And, that means providing health insurance is a challenge.  But you told me about an insight you had about doctors and their problems with insurance that I think would be helpful for pharmacist to understand.  Doctors hate insurance too.  How has learning that helped you work better with prescribers in your area.
I remember you showing me some spread sheets and sharing how you meld reports from your pharmacy system with your POS. Tell me more about how/why take the time to look at both front end sales and pharmacy sales in that manner
So, time is about up – take a minute and share something you think other pharmacists could do better that would improve their practice – any advice for our listeners? 
Bruce Kneeland, while not a pharmacist, has been in the industry for more than 40 years.  On the Pharmacy Crossroads series, Kneeland talks with amazing owners and gets them to share examples of management practices, marketing programs or clinical services they provide that can help other owners improve their practice as well. 
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Keep Calm and Lather On | GameChangers

New guidelines from American College of Physicians suggest that first-line treatment of non-low back musculoskeletal injuries are topical therapies. Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like diclofenac, are available as over-the-counter products in the US. Learn about the preferred route of care when treating pain.
Additional Resource/Reference: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M19-3602 
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A History of Racial Diversity in Pharmacy w/ Special Guest Dr. Leonard Edloe | PUTTcast Episode 8

A History of Racial Diversity in Pharmacy with Special Guest Dr. Leonard Edloe
Join PUTT in a frank conversation with special guest Dr. Leonard Edloe about the history of racial diversity in pharmacy, the challenges medical professions still face today, and how we as pharmacists and people can help our profession move forward towards more diversity and greater understanding.
Hosts: Scott Newman, PUTT Board President & Lauren Young, PUTT Board Member Guest: Dr. Leonard Edloe, Chair of VPhA's Racial Diversity Task Force
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What You Need to Know about U.S. Supreme Court Rutledge vs PCMA | PBM Reform Podcast Series

Georgia House of Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter joins CEO of RxSafe Bill Holmes to summarize the The Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) has rescheduled the Rutledge v. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) hearing for October 6, 2020.1 The initial April hearing date had been postponed due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19)
Rutledge v. PCMA revolves around whether states have the right to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMS). Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has petitioned the court to overturn the US Court of Appeals for the Eight District’s earlier decision to maintain Arkansas’ statute regulating PBMs’ drug reimbursement rates. In a legal brief filed in February 2020, however, Rutledge argues the statute is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.3
At least 4 pharmacy groups, The American Pharmacists Association, The Arkansas Pharmacist Association, The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and the National Community Pharmacists Association have publicly expressed their support for states’ rights to regulate PBMs.3 According to an earlier report, these 4 groups have jointly argued that unregulated PBM business practices limits access to pharmacists care and prevents the optimal use of medications.3
In April 2020, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) filed an amicus brief in support of the Eighth District’s decision.4 The brief argues that ruling in favor of Rutledge will drive up health care costs, and also will have a big effect on patients too by limiting their ability to access affordable medications, hindering health outcomes.4
The AMCP brief also argues that ruling in favor of Rutledge can lead to issues at the administrative level, and can lead to varying and possibly contradictory state laws as well.4
Supreme Court to hear Rutledge v. PCMA Oct. 6
The US Supreme Court has released its October 2020 oral argument calendar, with Rutledge v. PCMA now scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The case was originally scheduled to be argued in April but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rutledge v. PCMA is a landmark case on whether states can adopt meaningful regulations on pharmacy benefit managers.
If you would like to contribute to the NCPA Legislative/Legal Defense Fund, your support would be much appreciated.
Resources
Brief of Arkansas Pharmacists Association, National Community Pharmacists Association, American Pharmacists Association, National Alliance Of State Pharmacy Associations, and Fifty-One Other Pharmacist Associations As Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Latest Information on Rutledge v. PCMA
NCPA Analysis of Rutledge v. PCMA
Rutledge v. PCMA: 15 Years in the Making
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