Total Pharmacy Podcasts

The pharmacy benefits industry is undergoing a massive restructuring, driven by a wave of government action designed to shift focus back to the patient.

This episode provides an introspective look at the people in pharmacy who are the hardest to lead toward a path of success.

In a technologically advanced health care landscape, solutions to address language barriers are necessary and can be the difference between life and death for complex medication regimens.

This episode explores PBMs’ copay collection discrepancies and how improper documentation can be the downfall for pharmacy business.

This episode meanders the time of the year where pharmacy professionals experience a lull in business, providing them with the perfect opportunity to invest in growth.

Often operating in the shadows, LTC pharmacy is the backbone of medication management for aging and immunocompromised patients.

With the dual issue of pharmacy deserts and caregiver shortages across the US, technology is filling a much-needed gap for rural patient populations.

In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, welcomes Keyerrá Buckley, CPhT, ACPE administrator and technical trainer, Pharmacy Starts.

Learn about how this functional medicine pharmacist’s personal journey led her to addressing patients’ root causes for disease through exploring gut health dysregulation.

This episode highlights the FDA’s announcement regarding GLP-1 supply stabilization and critical compliance strategies for 503A pharmacies.

As PBM-pharmacy relationships evolve in real time, staying proactive when a PBM audit comes through could be the difference between thriving and losing essential business.

As clinical roles expand, the need for robust pharmacy infrastructure to streamline workflows and ensure medication access has never been more critical.

This episode explores the true price of commitment to a dream or vision, explaining how anything less than full dedication can lead to failure and why small wins are essential for perseverance.

Featuring pharmacist and entrepreneur Sam Maddula, PharmD, this episode explores some key legislative and regulatory insights regarding owning and operating a pharmacy business.

In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, provides a deeper look into workplace fatigue and the metrics used to calculate and facilitate it.

From PBM reform and AI to burnout and closures, Tom DePietro, PharmD, addresses the current state of independent pharmacy.

This episode explores the differences between behavior that is caught rather than taught, explaining how leadership can be a learned skill if properly approached.

With value-based care initiatives on the rise in the US health care system, one partnership in Ohio is showing early signs of significant success.

In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, brings us a solo rendition breaking down some of her recent research with SCRPTS Laboratory.

In an evolving pharmacy landscape, accreditation can be difficult to manage, which is why experts like Mitch Lamb, PharmD, can steer businesses onto their desired paths.

This episode highlights key DSCSA updates in 2026, T3 documentation going forward, and many more developments surrounding the law.

With a 7-year target date, the FDA is moving away from 10-digit NDCs and toward a universal 12-digit format.

With workforce and work-life balance issues plaguing pharmacy, the newly introduced hybrid pharmacist role is creating innovation across the greater pharmacy industry.

In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, welcomes Emily Hoffins, MS, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the SCRPTS Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy.

This episode highlights the landmark FTC settlement with Express Scripts and what independent pharmacies and plan sponsors can expect going forward.

This episode explores a specific generalization within pharmacy practice that leaders should actively avoid while simultaneously looking toward overcoming key hurdles affecting team members.

With a key exemption under DSCSA expiring at the end of the year, Matt Sample from Cencora helps pharmacies understand the tools and processes they need now to best comply with the law.

In this episode, host Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD, welcomes Mohammad Al Numan, BS, MS, a 2025-27 University of Illinois Chicago/Takeda Fellow in Health Economics and Outcomes Research.

As the pharmacy industry seemingly transforms in real-time, expert pharmacists and digital health experts explain how DTP models are paving a new path for drug distribution.

This episode explores the “uphill climb” that many leaders in the modern pharmacy landscape experience and how experts like our hosts are navigating this challenge.