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Pharmacist executives of national pharmacy associations are a rare breed. Balancing the needs of a profession and the will of membership can be a tightrope to walk. Susan Cantrell has been and continues to be a leadership force in pharmacy and leads the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Like a peace keeper in the Middle East, Susan continues to bring clarity and leadership to the profession and it...

We are joined by June Simmons, CEO and Founding President of Partners in Care Foundation (Partners). For over two decades, Partners has been a social care innovator leading the nation in designing strategies to align social and health services for vulnerable populations. Partners’ HomeMeds℠ software is an evidence-based medication inventory program used by organizations and pharmacists nationally...

This is a Category 5 Podcast. Sultan Yassin is a pharmacist who owns a long term care pharmacy in Puerto Rico. In 2017, he faced a nightmare scenario - a CAT 5 hurricane named, Maria (yes the allusion to West Side Story isn't missed on this podcast team). Sultan walks through what senior care pharmacy is like in this U.S. Territory and provides amazing insight into what matters in emergency prepar...

Do you know what a Minnesota Martini is? Well you should and this podcast won't give you the answer, but board members and LTC pharmacy leader, Jess Androff might if you run into her at an ASCP meeting. More importantly, Jess provides perspectives on pharmacists and pharmacy from her perch as President of Consonus Pharmacy. Working new reimbursement angles for the many services consultant pharmaci...

The dog days of Summer are upon us and Tom and I roll through this unusually busy Summer for LTC pharmacy.  The Beltway in DC usually takes Summers lightly but not this year - we have a crazy election cycle, hearings on PBMs and pharmacy bills being postured for a lame duck season this Winter. We bat around the issues that matter - mainly - reimbursement issues.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts S...

Control is an illusion, especially in utilization strategy and pricing. Paula Agoglia is representative of an emerging group of partners for LTC pharmacies promising to help them fight for rebates and reimbursement in an effort to help them survive in the face of payers who fight to hide, scrape and claw back at every turn. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other p...

Do right by your patients and your business will do right for you.  Dale Wollschleger is a second generation pharmacist and entrepreneur.  Building a practice ahead of its time requires experience, curiosity and vision.  Dale has done "exactly" that and his story will inspire and inform the next generation of pharmacists to do right in pharmacy. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radi...

Do right by your patients and your business will do right for you.  Dale Wollschleger is a second generation pharmacist and entrepreneur.  Building a practice ahead of its time requires experience, curiosity and vision.  Dale has done "exactly" that and his story will inspire and inform the next generation of pharmacists to do right in pharmacy. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radi...

What scares people more as they age?  Death or Dementia? Many studies have shown it's actually the risk of losing your memory, your faculties and arguably your mind.  Brain health has never been more central to the health care policy and ASCP's very great partner, the Alliance for Aging Research shares their dynamic CEO, Sue Peschin for a dive into the political footballs surrounding how we approa...

At the core, pharmacy is a business and attention to the business is necessary to refine processes and improve efficiency.  Pharmacy faces this every day as reimbursement from payers continues to press down on the ability to generate sustainable profits. Our own podcast cohost will share what he has seen in and out of LTC pharmacies across the country.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHe...

I don't know if Pamela Schweitzer is the highest ranking pharmacist in the history of the United States, but we are going to ask her. We do know she was a Rear Admiral , Chief Pharmacy Officer and Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service. Pam's career has taken her from remote Indian reservations in South Dakota and Arizona to a leadership role working to improve health and phar...

This is serious. Tom and Chad have clawed their way into your earbuds over the last year and a half and now have 49 shows under their belts. In this episode we talk highlights, this amazing industry of long term care pharmacy and what the next 50 episodes hold. Heck, we might even play some games. Its a must listen. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts...

Helen Edelberg is one of us. She practiced in older adult medicine as a geriatrician in long term care. She has taken her talents to the Food and Drug Administration in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).  Her presence and influence at the FDA is shaping our approach to medication safety in an aging population.  We love we have people in places of leadership that understand our old...

Iowa. Again?! Doug Russell exemplifies entrepreneurship. He did some time as a pharmacist in the trenches but always with an eye on innovation. It eventually led him to long term care, to group home pharmacy and that is informing his latest effort in advanced pharmacy services in the home. His story in one for every young pharmacist who dares to see the future in the present.  Look for us on... Ap...

Fumble!!! What is happening with pharmacist working conditions and the move toward unionization. Surprisingly, the retail chain environment did not spawn the first notable pharmacy to unionize - it was a long term care pharmacy in Nevada. The reasons pharmacists have come to this are clear, but is this the right tactic? Are we resigning that pharmacy is, in fact, like manufacturing. What other opt...

The Pony Express, "Brown", the tightest ship in the shipping business, we live to ship, the hidden arrow in the FedEx logo ... today, business IS delivery and the logistics of medications in long term care is a big deal.  Tyler Schoettmer and his colleagues specialize in delivery for long term care pharmacies. Join as we explore the latest requirements, challenges, technology, artificial intellige...

The new become old and the old become new. The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) is the DC based association that represents the states.  They are an invaluable partner for ASCP on state issues and state insight. They have a new leader who was old employee at NASPA and, Krystaln Weaver, is that new leader.  When Chad came to ASCP he was the new leader amongst the pharmacy as...

Billing for pharmacist's services has been a brass ring the profession has reached for, for a long time.  The problem is it is already here in multiple forms and opportunities exist for ANY pharmacist in EVERY state regardless of practice laws.  Join our guest in this two part podcast, health care attorney and long time friend of ASCP, Leigh Davitian, on dialogue and description of what can be don...

Billing for pharmacist's services has been a brass ring the profession has reached for, for a long time.  The problem is it is already here in multiple forms and opportunities exist for ANY pharmacist in EVERY state regardless of practice laws.  Join our guest in this two part podcast, health care attorney and long time friend of ASCP, Leigh Davitian, on dialogue and description of what can be don...

Race cars, ivory soap, customer management technology and a "guardian" for pharmacy.  This podcast has it all as does the subject, Fred Burke.  If you want some insight into the mind of a serial entrepreneur who has chosen long term care pharmacy as his focus, this is the podcast to listen in on.   Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcas...

The global impact of COVID-19 distracted us from the global issues of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our safety is at risk, when foreign countries deny access to the FDA to ensure safe manufacturing practices and yet we find ourselves dependent on those countries for strategic advanced pharmaceutical ingredients. Rosemary Gibson sounded the alarm with her best selling book, China Rx.  She spoke at...

The global impact of COVID-19 distracted us from the global issues of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our safety is at risk, when foreign countries deny access to the FDA to ensure safe manufacturing practices and yet we find ourselves dependent on those countries for strategic advanced pharmaceutical ingredients. Rosemary Gibson sounded the alarm with her best selling book, China Rx.  She spoke at...

Who hasn't seen Yellowstone? Well ASCP has it's own Dutton Ranch...in the McClaughry Homestead. Carrie McClaughry is the Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy at Consonus Pharmacy in the Northwest and she resides and wields power from ranches of Montana. Elected to the ASCP Board this past year, join us as delve into what she sees next in Consulting Pharmacy. You won't want to miss an interestin...

Death by a thousand cuts is how we talk about traditional reimbursement in pharmacy.  The holy grail of "provider status" is coming to realization in a suite of billable services for pharmacies and pharmacists, but we need to be shown the way.  Matt Noffsinger is on the leading edge of those "ways" and will discuss how scrappy pharmacists and pharmacies will face the adversity we have today with s...

When you live in DC, you get a sense of how the law plays a significant role in what politicians and governmental workers can do and what they cannot. While politics may seem like mudslinging, with winners and losers defined by ideas and who you have alliances with, it really comes down to law. David Farber knows the law and his insight into issues that impact long term care pharmacy are vital as...