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American Pharmacists Month: The Total Value in Pharmacies Expanding Clinical Offerings
From the COVID-19 pandemic through state-by-state expansion of scope, pharmacists have tapped into a variety of their clinical skills to bolster patient outcomes in their communities.
American Pharmacists Month: How Community Pharmacy Innovation Relies on Expansion, Collaboration
With the constant financial hurdles businesses face, the community pharmacy industry has struggled with finding new ways to innovate within its practices.
Amplifying Technicians: Grace Fick
In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, welcomes Grace Fick, PharmD candidate and pharmacy research assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago.
American Pharmacists Month: Pharmacy Education Adapting to Evolving Pharmacist Profession
Exploring the evolution of pharmacy education throughout his professional career, Brad Phillips, PharmD, BCACP, joined Over the Counter to discuss trends in pharmacy students’ career paths.
Scripted for Her: Intimate Partner Violence Awareness
In this episode, Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD, PhD, MPH, chats with Marie Barnard, PhD, about the ways in which pharmacists can support patients experiencing intimate partner violence.
American Pharmacists Month: Technology Enables Better Patient Care, Pharmacy Growth
In today’s world, the exponential use of technology is gradually becoming commonplace, and pharmacy businesses are expected to keep up with the growing digital landscape.
Dispensing Leadership: Changing Yourself to Change the World
This episode explores a dynamic pharmacy profession and how self-inflection can lead to pharmacists achieving their passions and improving care in their communities.
Scripted for Her: Maternal Immunizations
In this episode, Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD, PhD, MPH, chats with Hannah Fish, PharmD, CPHQ, about the NCPA’s maternal immunizations tool kit and pharmacist support for mothers.
The Pharmacist’s Ability to Overcome Barriers, Expand Contraceptive Services
As contraceptive care services remain fragmented across many US states, pharmacists are seemingly rising as key touch points for women’s health management and various types of reproductive care.
The Emerging Technology, Data Introducing Accountability in the PBM Industry
With disruptive PBMs rising in the marketplace amid constant calls for lowering drug prices, companies such as WriteWise are positioned to revolutionize the way patients access their pharmacy benefits.
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A study reveals a significant decline in inhaled corticosteroid use among COPD patients, highlighting the need for careful management and monitoring.
Researchers explore OTC naloxone sales sold independently at pharmacies and programmatically from 2023 to 2024.
Conversations about contraceptive options have grown more frequent—and often more polarized—on social media platforms.
Clipper F. Young, PharmD, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM, BCGP, discusses his experience in diabetes care and how the pharmacist’s role has evolved throughout his professional career.
Lisa Schwartz, PharmD, discusses her general opinions regarding how the predicted success of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program’s future implementation.
Lisa Schwartz, PharmD, discusses community pharmacies’ displeasure with provisions backing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
Lisa Schwartz, PharmD, discusses the importance of the Medicare Transaction Facilitator as community pharmacies head into a new year of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
The FDA releases its updated recommendations and scientific considerations for the demonstration of safety and efficacy among biosimilars and their reference products.
In the final part of our interview with Dae Lee, PharmD, Esq, CPBS, and Lucas Morgan, Esq, they discuss the relationships between state- and federal-level PBM reform.
A recent study reveals COVID-19 vaccine safety and varying disease activity impacts for systemic lupus erythematosus patients, highlighting important insights for immunization.
From the COVID-19 pandemic through state-by-state expansion of scope, pharmacists have tapped into a variety of their clinical skills to bolster patient outcomes in their communities.
In part 4 of our interview with Jennifer Griffin, PharmD, MS, she discusses different payer engagement models and the pharmacists’ ability to understand and improve medical billing tactics.
The regimen did not show signs of significant hypoglycemia and had a low prevalence of edema despite modest weight gain.
At the NCPA 2025 Annual Convention & Expo, Lucas Morgan, Esq, shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, joined us to discuss ongoing PBM legislation in the state of Arkansas.
Alyssa Mack, PharmD, pharmacist at Gibbs Pharmacy and Compounding Center, discusses how expanding clinical services can simultaneously benefit patients and the pharmacy profession.
Leaders of the FDA, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announce new guidelines and a framework for less expensive biosimilar development.
Tara Pfund, PharmD, chief strategy officer with Cascadia Pharmacy Group, discusses the importance of pharmacy businesses to understand evolving and emerging health care technology.
Eli Lilly and Walmart collaborate to enhance access to Zepbound for obesity management, offering direct-to-consumer pricing and nationwide pharmacy pickup.
Jennifer Griffin, PharmD, MS, clinical pharmacist at Harps Food Stores, Inc, discusses revenue cycle management and how it has developed within community pharmacy.
The approval includes a single and once monthly maintenance injection compared with 2 100 mg/1 mL injections.
Alyssa Mack, PharmD, discusses events like the pandemic and new pharmacy laws that have allowed for an expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice.
Andrew M. Peterson, PharmD, PhD, FCPP, discusses how behavioral health services in community pharmacy help patients receive care impacting all factors of their health and not just medications.
Pharmacists redefine their roles as vital health care providers, offering comprehensive patient care and community health advocacy beyond medication dispensing.
Dae Lee, PharmD, Esq, CPBS, and Lucas Morgan, Esq, shareholders with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, discuss Utah’s pharmacy benefit manager pass-through rebate law.
Alyssa Mack, PharmD, pharmacist at Gibbs Pharmacy and Compounding Center in Tennessee, discusses her role in expanding clinical services within her practice.
Tara Pfund, PharmD, chief strategy officer with Cascadia Pharmacy Group, discusses the importance of automation and its emerging role in pharmacy practices.
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines significantly reduce pneumonia incidence in children, but safety concerns warrant further investigation in future studies.
Georgia Travlos, PharmD, discusses changes in flu and respiratory syncytial virus immunizations and coadministration best practices.
A study reveals that lower baseline BMI and early weight loss with liraglutide enhance significant weight loss outcomes in type 2 diabetes patients.
Patients and physicians favor at-home remdesivir treatment for COVID-19, highlighting satisfaction and confidence in telehealth and nursing support.
Before delinking, pharmacy benefit managers were able to tie their fees to significantly high-priced medications, in turn receiving large percentages of compensation rather than flat, fixed fees.
PCV21 improved all outcomes for individuals aged 19 to 64 years, including invasive pneumococcal disease, postmeningitis sequelae, and nonbacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.
