PQA

APRIL 29, 2025

As a pharmacist and long-time leader in the community pharmacy space, what unique perspectives do you bring to PQAs work and medication use quality? I have worked in both the payer and provider segments, including hospital, mail, and specialty pharmacy.

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The Happy PharmD

JANUARY 24, 2025

In terms of advantages, retail pharmacy offers direct patient interaction. Many pharmacists value the opportunity to build relationships with their community, although this isnt always possible in every retail setting. Those in smaller community pharmacies may have more chances to create lasting connections with patients.

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PQA

JANUARY 29, 2025

This cost-related barrier to accessing medications exists because providers often do not know details about each patients insurance plan coverage and benefits and mainly focus on prescribing the necessary medications. Node 04: Prescribing Patients are often unaware of high copays for their medications.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 12, 2025

But solving this challenge requires more than simply counting how many pharmacies exist in a given area. True visibility comes from layering pharmacy locations on top of geospatial data, such as population density, income levels, transportation access, insurance coverage, and health burden.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

For essential services such as immunizations and diabetes care, people in underserved communities, which are often rural, must travel far from home. Even though local pharmacists already provide these services to commercially insured populations, Medicare Part B does not directly reimburse pharmacists.

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BuzzRx

OCTOBER 14, 2022

If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. There are 56,000 community pharmacies in the US. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding.

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SingleCare

JULY 21, 2022

Pharmacist work schedules can be unpredictable, especially during the start of a new job at a hospital or community pharmacy. Pharmacy residents in particular know what its like to be put on a long shift. In many cases, pharmacists and even pharmacy technicians may be subject to work long shifts.

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PQA

JANUARY 27, 2023

Ensuring the Sustainability of Community Pharmacies Ilisa Bernstein, Interim CEO and Executive Vice President at the American Pharmacists Association, outlined APhA's priorities for 2023 in a Chain Drug Review opinion column.

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The Nontraditional Pharmacist

MAY 12, 2019

So the last year or so I’ve been really interested in industry pharmacy. So I have experience in community pharmacy. I’ve experience in hospital pharmacy, managed care pharmacy. Insurance, that pops into my mind. I have experience in a lot of other areas.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 17, 2025

That means that pharmacists in the twilight of their career have, at some point, filled a prescription, engaged in drug utilization review, filed insurance claims, and counseled per the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 regulations for many of the products now found in front of the counter. Why Not for OTCs?

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

Goldman and Isaacs emphasize the importance of identifying at-risk patients through various health care touchpoints, including doctor's offices and pharmacies, and advocate for routine glucagon prescription and insurance coverage. But I also think everyone should have a ready-to-use cover on their insurance.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 30, 2025

Supreme Court’s decision not to review a pharmacy benefit manager reform case out of Oklahoma: “After the historic Rutledge v. PCMA, originates in Oklahoma, where the powerful PBM lobby sued state Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready to prevent him from implementing aspects of a law regulating PBMs. To learn more, visit www.ncpa.org.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 6, 2025

In some EU countries up to 50% of European Medicines Agency-approved drugs are not available due to governmental or insurance-related barriers, and this impacts not only patients but also clinicians who miss the chance to become familiar with these therapies, he says. Further hurdles include the disparity in drug availability across Europe.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

With nearly 90% of Americans living within 5 miles of a community pharmacy , pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professionals. This proximity allows pharmacists to engage with patients as often as they pick up their refills or call the pharmacy. Discuss the financial impact.

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The Digital Apothecary

AUGUST 15, 2017

Pharmacy has drastically changed, and with the patient view of most pharmacists just 'Count-Lick-and Pour' medications for patients it's not hard then to think of how to just automate the process. It's what makes a large scale mail-order pharmacy operation possible. Which, to be honest, is a thing right now.

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SingleCare

APRIL 14, 2022

Pharmacy techs can’t do every task that pharmacists do, but they handle a whopping list of duties during their long, on-their-feet-all-day shifts. Prioritize accuracy Speaking of accuracy in the pharmacy, Dr. Geist says that of the three pillars of any community pharmacy—accuracy, efficiency, and service—accuracy is the most important.

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The Physician Pharmacist

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This is how I personally started my pharmacy career during medical school! The hours are flexible and the work is relatively straight forward (in comparison to running a community pharmacy). Alternatively, a part-time checking pharmacist position can be just as lucrative.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 13, 2022

Medicare is a national health insurance plan for the elderly, and Medicaid is a health insurance programme for those on a limited income. The Future of Pharmacy Care Coalition was created in response to this oversight. Provider status. In 1965, the Medicare and Medicaid Act was signed into law in the US.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 11, 2025

While reimbursement remains a challenge, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and private insurers are starting to look into value-based models that incorporate nutrition counseling. The effect of community pharmacy-based interventions on patient health outcomes: a systematic review. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003).

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

JULY 20, 2023

You can self-order the labs and later submit them to your insurance for potential reimbursement (please check with your individual insurance to make sure they will cover the test). Even if your insurance doesn’t cover it, the ferritin test is not expensive, and you can use your Health Savings Account in most cases.

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PQA

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Overcoming Cancer Care Disparities TexasOncology's Susan Escudierdiscussedthe impact of insurance coverage gaps, transportation barriers, and financial hardships on cancer care access and emphasizes the need for payers to better support patients at high risk.

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