NASP Speciality Pharmacy Podcast

In this episode, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Santana VanDyke, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinic at University of Vermont Health, and Ryan Lackey, PharmD, CPPS, Ambulatory Pharmacist Clinician and Co-Director of the clinic. They discuss Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), including disease presentation, treatment opti...

In this episode, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Jonathan L. Swichar, Duane Morris Pharmacy Litigation Group Chair, and Bradley A. Wasser, Duane Morris Pharmacy Litigation Group Partner. They discuss the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act and its landmark PBM reform provisions that impact pharmacy network access and transparency. These expert litigators go into detail a...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Linda Clark and Brad Gallagher, Co-Leaders of Barclay Damon’s Health Care Controversies and Pharmacy Teams. They explore the rapidly evolving Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) regulatory landscape and its impact on specialty pharmacies, offering key considerations for contracting and strategies to strengthe...

In this episode, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with David G. Mitchell, PharmD, MBA, CSP, FCPhA, Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer of Specialty Pharmacy & Home Delivery and Ruth Chen, PharmD, MHA, Manager of the Specialty Pharmacy Hub at UC Davis Health in Sacramento. They look at how UC Davis Health has built and scaled one of California’s most integrated health-system sp...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Simone Colgan Dunlap, National Vice Chair of the Quarles Health and Life Sciences Practice Group, and Amy Cotton Peterson, Partner at Quarles. As more automation solutions become available, its vital specialty pharmacy providers strategically approach acquisition of targets that offer technology and AI a...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Matthew G. Bowles, PharmD, MBA, CSP, Pharmacy Clinical Team Lead with Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, Vanderbilt Health, and lead author on the study “Getting to specialty treatment in dermatologic inflammatory conditions: Treatment requirements and patient journey,” published February 2025 in the Journal...

During this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Sheri Wallace, Account Representative at AcariaHealth Specialty Pharmacy, and Diane Omdahl, RN, MS, founder of 65 Incorporated, published author and consultant on Medicare, to unpack the complexities of the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP). Drawing on decades of patient access experience and...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, sits down with Trey Holterman, CEO and Co-Founder of Tennr, a healthcare referral automation platform. They explore Tennr’s journey from startup to industry leader and how focused technology speeds patient access, with a look towards what the future holds for patient engagement and care personalization.

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, sits down with Hillary Gretton, Director of Data Strategy at Claritas Rx. Together, they explore today’s challenges in market access and patient journey analytics, and how Access Analytics is helping specialty pharmacies, payers, and partners tackle these barriers. The conve...

This special episode of the NASP podcast features MedAdvisor leaders Megan Butterfield, Vice President of Network Solutions and Vinod Subramanian, Chief Operating and AI Officer in conversation with Shelia Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, as part of a collaborative spotlight for MedAdvisor Solutions' Beyond the Script podcast series. They discuss how AI, when applied thoughtfully, can help u...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Jonathan L. Swichar, Partner and Chair of the Duane Morris Pharmacy Litigation Group, and Bradley A. Wasser, Partner, Duane Morris, LLP. They discuss the dramatically shifting legal and regulatory landscape facing non-PBM affiliated specialty pharmacies and recent federal efforts that are reshaping the w...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Jeffrey S. Baird, Esq., Chairman of the Health Care Group at Brown & Fortunato, P.C. and Bradley W. Howard, shareholder and director at Brown & Fortunato, P.C. In today’s environment, it is challenging enough to profitably run a specialty pharmacy. The pharmacy needs to avoid the additional chall...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Jessie Heaton, PharmD, MBA, CSP, Vice President of Specialty and Infusion at Maxor, and Michelle Mulgrew, PharmD, Vice President of Commercial Specialty Market Development at Maxor, about specialty pharmacy’s role in rare disease patient care management and how to empower patients, prescribers, and manuf...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Dean Erhardt, President & CEO of D2 Solutions. They discuss how specialty pharmacies can leverage technology and data analytics to navigate complex accreditation demands and automate high volume low value activity workflows so the expert clinicians can do what they do best - care for patients.

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Simone Colgan Dunlap, National Vice Chair of the Quarles' Health & Life Sciences Practice Group and Candace Lerman, JD, at Rare Candace. They discuss the current impacts of AI on the healthcare space and how those within specialty pharmacy may implement AI in ways that prevent detrimental outcomes, s...

During this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Ketan Mehta, the visionary CEO of PrimeRx. They explore how the advancement of technology has changed the landscape of specialty pharmacy and ways digital integration can help specialty pharmacies achieve a patient-centric holistic ecosystem.

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Bridgette Kanz Schroader, PharmD, MPA, BCOP, Associate Director within the Medical Affairs Strategy & Publications team at Market Access & Healthcare Consulting, part of Cencora, and Laurie Fayzio, Head, Manufacturer Strategy, at FormularyDecisions. They explore the changing landscape of digital...

During this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Amy Niles, the Chief Mission Officer of the PAN Foundation, about the impact of advocacy and education on enhancing access to care in the face of rising health care costs, the 2025 Medicare reforms and what NASP members need to know, as well as the many initiatives and tools the PAN Foundation employ...

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Dive into part two of our four-part NASP 2024 Post-Show series, sponsored by Accessia Health, where we bring you front-line insights and reflections from the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) annual event. In this episode, we explore key conversations about innovation, patient care, and specialty pharmacy trends, with featured guests from leading organizations in the industry. Feat...

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, visits with Mary Oates, MD, US Medical Lead, Bone Franchise with Amgen, to discuss post menopausal osteoporosis and what clinical pharmacists can do to support patients.  

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During this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Stuart Kamin, SVP of Analytics and Innovation at Claritas Rx about the evolution of personalized medicine, the impact that it's had on market and patient access teams, and the use of data analytics and AI to support the patient experience.  

During this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Gary Conte, Vice President of Business Development with HealthPlan Data Solutions (HDS), about innovations in prescription analytics that allow for daily script-level insights into the performance and trends of specialty pharmacy business.

This episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of NASP, speaks with Kathryn Eshelman, MD, MPH, Vice President of Clinical Informatics at Inovalon, about the evolving role of pharmacists and how leveraging technology can enhance patient outcomes while reducing administrative burdens.