Pharmacy Podcast Network

Today's interview is with ASCP's CEO Frank Grosso, RPh. Frank L. Grosso has been executive director and chief operating officer of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists since 2014. Grosso has 35 years of long-term care pharmacy experience, most recently as corporate vice president of pharmacy services at Genesis HealthCare, LLC, one of the nation’s largest long-term care providers. His responsibilities included oversight of operational and contracted pharmacy services for 411 nursing facilities and assisted living communities in more than 35 states that are owned and managed by Genesis. Previously, he served as senior vice president of pharmacy operations for NeighborCare Pharmacy and director of long-term care pharmacy at Fay’s Drugs. A graduate of Albany College of Pharmacy, Grosso has been an ASCP member since 1981 and has served on numerous ASCP committees including the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force and the Advocacy Council

This week Scot Maitland caught up with Dave Miller, Executive Vice President and CEO of the IACP to talk about Senate Bill 1406. This has the potential to be a positive thing for ALL pharmacists. The easiest way to share this information is to tell your colleagues to visit IACPRx.org/Publications and select Podcast number 11.This podcast is brought to you by The Compound Conference. The Compound Conference is a new event that IACP is producing in

Welcoming Jason Poquette, PharmD to the Pharmacy Podcast Show THE HONEST APOTHECARY The Honest Apothecary is about the profession of pharmacy, pharmacy careers,  pharmacy-related interviews, and pretty much anything related to…well….pharmacy.  My name is Jason Poquette.  I’m a pharmacist.  Welcome to my blog. Jason calls his site the “Honest” apothec

Digital Health Innovation must be simplistic, solutions driven, and patient centered. Our podcast interview with Kirk Pion - Vice President and Innovation Champion with UnitedHealth Group is about their "Patient Centered Application" Health4Me.  Health4Me is designed to help all consumers make more informed decisions regarding their care, including the ability to:   Locate nearby health care providers, and convenience care, urgent care and emergency care facilities Review market average prices for more than 520 medical services across 290 episodes of care, providing a comprehensive view of what consumers should expect throughout their course of treatment More easily anticipate and manage health care expenses based on local estimates UnitedHealthcare is among the first national health care companies to enable all co

The 21st Annual Compounders on Capitol Hill (CCH) was held June 6-9, 2015 at the Renaissance Washington, in Washington D.C. With more than 400 attendees, Compounders on Capitol Hill pulled together top-level compounding pharmacists and technicians from across the country with the same goal – to protect pharmacy compounding. The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is an association that represents more than 4,000 pharmacists, technicians and students. #CCH2015  CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 4638 Riverstone Blvd.Missouri City, TX 77459P: 281.933.8400F: 281.495.0602 WASHINGTON, D.C. HEADQUARTERS 1321 Duke Street, Suite 200Alexandria, VA 22314P: 703.299.0796F: 703.299

  Welcome back to the IACPodcast. This week I caught up with Jennifer L. Petska, CPhT IACP Director of Development & Membership and IACP Foundation Administration & Development. Jen worte Making the Most of Exhibiting at a Trade Shows in the spring issue of Pharmacy Marketing Quarterly. To read Jen's article, visit the IACP Publicaitons page at IACPRx.org/Publications and choose the Spring issue of Pharmacy Marketing Quarterly. The following are list of potential questions to ask: Are you a sponsor of IACP? ACA? Or any other pharmacy association?   Tell me about your quality program.   What type of testing do you do on your chemicals/products?   Tell me about your shipping policy.   Tell me about any s

Dr. Erin Mullen returns to the Pharmacy Podcast Show to bring listeners up to date on the initiatives of their critical mission.  Our Vision: Building the resiliency of our communities supports health and creates economic strength so that if disaster strikes quality of life returns to normal as fast as possible. Working together we ensure that we are stronger than the next disaster. The Mission: Rx Response leverages unique relationships with government, nonprofit, and medical supply chains to build and enhance the resiliency of communities before, during and after disasters.   Learn more about Rx Response’s history, and how Rx Response helps during and in preparation for disasters.   Rx Response 

Today’s Pharmacy Podcast Interview is with Pharmacy industry Jimmy Neil with Live Oak Bank. Jimmy Neil has been involved with helping independent pharmacies thrive since 2001 when he became a Director of Sales for a Fortune 20 Drug Distributor. In 2008, he started that company's Pharmacy Transition Team where he grew the team in 3 years to 5 dedicated consultants. Over the 6 year tenure, they helped more

Interview with Kelli Kovak – Consultant to Healthcare Insurance & PBM Industry [The expansion of health networks- the trend and the implications] The idea that increased collaboration among rural healthcare providers could benefit both the collaborating organizations and the communities they serve is not new. In the past, collaboration among rural pharmacies, hospitals, and insurances has been advocated as a "strategic response" to the challenges these facilities face. However, with respect to participation in multi-healthcare networks and health systems - the actual "SAVINGS" and data - offers little evidence that such arrangements yield significant benefits for rural communities, pharmacies, and hospitals. How will new health networks benefit the business of pharma

This week I sat down with Dana Reed Kane, Matt Buderer and Susanne Williams of The Compounders Group. Listen to learn more about TCG and their upcoming members only seminar in Chicago July 24-25, 2015.This year’s seminar is packed full of information to help revolutionize your practice. James LaValle will be teaching us how to interpret lab results and turn those interpretations into supplement recommendations! David Kazarian will be discussing the latest technology in sterility testing, endo

Pharmacists: Off-The-Beaten-Career-Paths Erin Albert  returns to the Pharmacy Podcast Show - with some advice for our #Pharmacy Future Leaders and recent graduates of Pharmacy:  She writes:  I get quite a few requests to help coach others about their career paths, particularly pharmacists and STEM professionals. As I trade

TIPS FOR HILL DAY #CCH2015 This whole show is about Compounders on Capitol Hill but before Dave and I get to chatting about how to be a successful advocate on the Hill and our virtual hill day, I want to thank the Compounders Group for sponsoring this episode. The Compounders Group is the premier buying group by compounding pharmacists for compounding pharmacists. Take a moment and visit their site at www.TheCompoundersGroup.com

Ron Lanton - discusses Pharmacy Business Law with the Carman & Mazina Law Firm. Episode 218 interview on the Pharmacy Podcast Show is with Natallia Mazina who is a partner in the law firm of Carman & Mazina. The California firm specializes in pharmacy and business law. Our discussion covered topics such as how can independent community pharmacies overcome business obstacles like closed networks, unfair national PBM practices, and become better aligned with accountable care organizations (ACOs).  Carman & Mazina Pharmacy and

Episode 5 - USP 800 - with Scot Maitland This week I caught up with Dave Miller, our Executive Vice President and CEO to talk about USP 800 and IACP Comments.Today's podcast is brought to you b

The 2015 Armada Specialty Pharmacy Summit was held May 4-8, 2015 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. This annual event is the industry’s largest conference for specialty pharmacy. It includes thousands of attendees from pharmacy providers, pharma/biotech manufacturers, payers and many other specialty pharmacy stakeholder organizations.

Every day it seems like we hear about a new diet is ready to make weight loss faster and easier than ever before. For our 3rd installment of "Misconceptions in Pharmacy" - we interview Dr. Anyssa Garza - with RxWiki about these (sometimes) dangerous Fad Diets. Most fad diets go something like this: Take a few foods, give them 'magic' power, and set a plan to convince people that eating this way and only this way will promote weight loss. The following diets might spur short-term weight loss, but many are difficult to follow, have arbitrary rules, and a few could put your health in danger. 

IACP Podcast Episode 4: This week I caught up with Dave Miller, our Executive Vice President and CEO to talk about IACP Comments on FDA Guidance Documents. Today's podcast is brought to you by The Compounders Group. The Compounders Group is the premier buying group, by compounding pharmacists, for compounding pharmacists. For more information on the Compounders Group visit them at TheCompoundersGroup.com.

Scot Maitland with the IACP Podcast interviews - Loren Madden Kirk Speaker of the House, APhA Loren is a student pharmacist at the East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. As a Raleigh, NC, he grew up as any suburban child would: with a horse, well-practiced light-saber moves, and no knowledge of what hair products could do for curly hair. Loren has competitively ridden horses since he was 7, regard Star Wars: Return of the Jedi as his favorite movie, and thanks his grandmother for his curly hair. Loren graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in animal science. His first role was as a veterin

IACP Keeps You in the Know!On the latest IACP Podcast - Scot Maitland and David Miller talk about recall issues and updates in Compounding Pharmacy. Visit IACP's Breaking News often to keep up-to-date on the latest indust

IACPRx's Podcast By International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is an association that represents more than 4,000 pharmacists, technicians and students. Our IACPodcast is a weekly show that features interviews with our staff, board and members, as well as a monthly interview with our sponsor of the month. About Scot Maitland: Director of Communications and Publications