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March 1, 2016
2016 is an important election year for our nation with the presidential elections—and for APhA! Just as it is vital that you vote in upcoming primaries and the General Election this fall, it’s also critical that you participate in the APhA Election to select APhA’s leaders.
This slate of candidates…
February 23, 2016
Last year, we took challenges head on and achieved many successes. Through collaborative efforts among APhA’s leadership, our exceptional staff, and thousands of dedicated volunteers, we engaged the Association in the most important issues faced by pharmacists. Here are a few highlights:
APhA…
February 23, 2016
Today, I am delighted to share with you a different kind of blog post. Every pharmacist has a story to tell about how they arrived at where they are today. Our journeys take twists and turns that we never could have predicted. That is an important insight for pharmacy students and those considering…
February 23, 2016
The excitement is palpable at APhA headquarters as we get ready to send the shipment—all of the materials we need for education sessions, the bookstore, the booths, and so on—to Baltimore for APhA2016 from March 4 to 7!
Preregistered attendees can expedite registration by spending 5 minutes on the…
February 16, 2016
A few months ago we announced that Elsevier was named the exclusive publisher, promoter and distributor of APhA’s publications: Pharmacy Today, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, and Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
I’m thrilled to share with you that as part of that collaboration…
February 16, 2016
On February 1, CMS published a final rule with comment period that implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to change Medicaid reimbursement for covered outpatient drugs, effective April 1, 2016. What does this mean for pharmacists who have to bill for medications every day? Hopes for…
February 9, 2016
In a major win for pharmacists and their patients, California’s state legislation, SB 493, expanded scope of practice and recognized pharmacists as providers. Passed in 2013 and effective in 2014, implementation is ongoing. In part 2 of my blog about expanding pharmacist roles in California, I’d…
February 8, 2016
Thanks to Jon Roth, California Pharmacists Association exec, for sharing the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) recently completed white paper that documents evidence for expanded pharmacist roles in team-based care. Funded by a CDC block grant and authored by one of the state’s…
February 2, 2016
Congratulations to our pharmacist colleagues in Ohio! Under a new bill that was recently signed into law, Ohio pharmacists will now have more responsibility and fewer restrictions in collaborative practice.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Ohio Pharmacists Association and its members, along…
January 26, 2016
Recently, www.komando.com published an article, “5 careers that tech will destroy in 2016.” I was surprised to see pharmacists listed as number four. In my time, there have been similar claims made when other new technologies have been introduced.
The article points to researchers at the University…