Pharmacy Crossroads

Pharmacy pioneer Bruce Kneeland selects 4 road trip pharmacies The trip, dubbed “Four Savvy Southern Pharmacies,” will include on-site visits and interviews with the owners of pharmacies in Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and South Carolina. Summary written by Sandra Levy Independent pharmacy veteran Bruce Kneeland is once again hitting the open road on an extensive pharmacy road trip. This year's trip...

As pharmacy expands to include more healthcare services many of them are branching off into diet, nutrition and weight loss programs. As they do this it may be prudent for them to dig a bit deeper than the traditional thinking about calorie counting and the BMI index. Linda Tucker, an independent health counselor shares some ideas on rapidly expanding ideas pharmacy owners should know about. In th...

Chris Antypas, PharmD, pharmacy owner and health insurance expert, shares examples of ways pharmacy owners can partner with employers, brokers and pharmacist friendly PBM’s to improve patient care. Antypas is also interviewed by Robyn Amberg who works for the Tabula Rasa Healthcare division, PrescribeWellness.  One unique aspect of Antypas’s career is that in addition to his ownership interest in...

Steve Maki RPh at Spruce Mountain Pharmacy Spruce Mountain Pharmacy is located in the beautiful rural country side in the town of, Jay, Maine. Coming in at about 2000 square feet it would appear, to the casual observer to be pretty typical of an independent community pharmacy. But, what owner Steve Maki, PharmD is doing with his team is far from typical. In this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads Maki...

Good things are happening in pharmacy. That is the core message of this podcast. Becky Snead and Garth Reynolds discuss how the scope of practice is expanding as more pharmacists are being granted provider status and the authority to diagnose and prescribe for common ailments. Reynolds explains that Illinois has recently passed legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills. Sne...

Ken Thai, PharmD. is a truly remarkable pharmacy owner, leader and entrepreneur. And the good news is he shares several of his management philosophies and business ideas on this podcast. A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Thai owns, or is a partner in several pharmacies. He is the founder of the 986 Pharmacy franchise program. The web site, 986pharmacy.com, lis...

Joe Moose, R.Ph., is the co-owner of 8 community pharmacies in North Carolina. He is a true innovator and leader in pharmacy. He was honored in 2015 as the NCPA Independent pharmacist of the year. In this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads, Joe shares examples of how and why independent community pharmacy can play a critical role in helping control the opioid pandemic. He says while COVID has dominated...

The American Society For Automation In Pharmacy – or ASAP – could be the pharmacy organization that most directly effects the daily practice of pharmacy. And, it is very likely that you, as a practicing pharmacist, have never heard of this important organization. In this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads we talk with Bill Lockwood, founder and Executive Director ASAP. Joining in the program is Will Lo...

Deborah Bowers, PharmD, Owner Yorkville Pharmacy, York, SC Will consumers pay cash for medication advice? Deborah Bowers, PharmD proves that they will. As you know pharmacy owners are all being told to find ways to diversify their practice. Deborah Bowers is one owner who has taken that advice to heart and set up a cash-pay medication consulting and health coaching business. In this episode of Pha...

Colton Marcum, PharmD, took over ownership of Marcum’s Pharmacy, from his father, about 10 years ago. Marcum’s is a high-volume pharmacy and has a proud tradition of service to the residents of Kingsport, TN, since 1962. Still, as Marcum tells us on this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads the pharmacy’s work environment was hectic and constant reductions in reimbursement and DIR fees were taking a big...

Nasir Mahmood is a remarkable pharmacy owner. Indeed, so remarkable that the NCPA named him the winner of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. And the list of honors and service he has provided to the profession and to his community justifies this high honor. In this podcast Nasir and his son, Rehan, Mahmood share with Kneeland the PharmacyCrossRoads listeners several of the personal philosophy an...

Ask any pharmacy owner what the best form of advertising is and they’ll immediately reply, “Word of Mouth.” In this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads Bruce Kneeland shares several real live examples of what a pharmacy can do to dramatically increase the number of referrals patients provide. He also cautions that unless a pharmacy takes an active role in boosting word-of-mouth the natural tendency of p...

In the summer of 2016, Jason Dykstra, PharmD. took the leap of faith and left his long-time position with a major grocery store pharmacy chain and opened his own independent pharmacy. In this episode Dykstra talks about how he made this decision and shares several tips on what he has done to become successful so quickly. In this 30-minute podcast Dykstra talks about how he and his wife worked toge...

In December of 2020 PioneerRx was acquired by RedSail Technologies. RedSail is a new company that has emerged as an industry powerhouse via its acquisition n in 2019 of QS1, one of the industries oldest and most well know pharmacy technology companies and now, PioneerRx.   In this podcast Jeff Key, President of PioneerRx chats with Kraig McEwen, CEO of RedSail. During the interview together they o...

Today's special guest is Pharmacy owner & Community Champion Mr. Rich Ost, R.Ph., owner of Philadelphia Pharmacy located in Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Pharmacy is a well-known and respected establishment in downtown Philadelphia. It has been located on the corner of N. Front St. and E. Leigh for nearly 40 years and is owned by Richard Ost, RPh. In a city famous for buildings painted with color...

Donald, “Sparky” Hedden, R.Ph., and the team at McCoy Tygart Drug in Sheridan, Arkansas, won the 2020 Good Neighbor Pharmacy of the Year Award. Sparky shares examples of things he does that helped his pharmacy earn this award. McCoy Tygart comes in at about 10,000 feet, 2500 of it dedicated to pharmacy. In this episode Sparky tells how his pharmacy has adopted an aggressive Medsync program that no...

Steve Hoffart, PharmD, operates a truly amazing pharmacy. Magnolia Pharmacyis a 5000+ square foot facility in Magnolia, TX , about twenty-five miles north of Houston. Hoffart is a true innovator, successfully jumping into point-of-care testing 4 or 5 years ago. He also does compounding, successfully stocks and sales professional grade nutraceuticals. In this episode of Pharmacy CrossRoads I talk w...

Pharmacy CrossRoads Interview Sheet Podcast #3 – Introducing Bruce Kneeland; The Road Trip Guy In the Third Episode of the brand-new podcast series called Pharmacy CrossRoads, Todd Eury, founder and CEO of The Pharmacy Podcast Network Interviews Pharmacy CrossRoads host Bruce Kneeland. Kneeland talks about how he became the Road Trip guy, and explains just what a road trip entrails. We think you’l...

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...

This episode of Pharmacy Crossroads features an informative and lively conversation between Bruce Kneeland and Kevin DeMass, the owner of The Apothecary Shoppe, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kneeland has visited The Apothecary Shoppe twice as part of his pharmacy road trips. The pharmacy is exceptionally well run and DeMass shares some of his secrets for getting staff members to personable and professi...