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Q&A: Pharmacist Highlights Challenges in Vaccine Information Navigation Amid Changing Recommendations

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This schedule also helped dictate insurance coverage of those recommended vaccines. Drug Topics: How do ACIP recommendations affect broader aspects of vaccine access and utilization, such as insurance reimbursement or public health programs?

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Meeting Preview: McKesson ideaShare 2025

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Saturday, July 12 Pharmacy Team Tune-Up: How to Recruit, Motivate, and Adapt In this session, Kristen Jones, PharmD, AVP of professional liability strategic operations at the Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group, will discuss building and maintaining a pharmacist team that will strengthen and provide high quality care to patients.

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Q&A: Expert Highlights Importance of Trusted Sources for Vaccine Information

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Laura Knockel, PharmD, BCACP, clinical associate professor at Iowa College of Pharmacy, emphasized the critical importance of relying on professional organizations and trusted health care providers for accurate vaccine information, stressing the rigorous safety testing of vaccines and the potential risks of misinformation.

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Dispensing Leadership: Be Easy to Do Business With

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Whether it's trying to check out at a crowded store or navigating complex prescription issues, barriers frustrate people—and pharmacies are no different. From prior authorizations to insurance roadblocks, each decision a pharmacy makes can either ease or complicate that experience.

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Q&A: Pharmacists Play Essential Role in Insulin Therapy Success

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Pharmacists, pharmacy students, or technicians can assist with insurance navigation, advocating for prior authorizations if needed.

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Q&A: How Advancements in GLP-1s, CGM Impact Insulin Management

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They will have insurance coverage, and that has helped tremendously to be able to adjust insulin doses. We have seen that explode, really kind of side by side with the GLP-1 medications to the point where now anyone on insulin, any type of insulin, even just a once-a-day, long-acting insulin, typically now has access to CGM.

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Q&A: Pharmacies Grapple With Patient Influx Amid Rite Aid Closures

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Rite Aid, which was once the third largest pharmacy chain in the United States, announced in May that it filed its second chapter 11 bankruptcy in under 2 years. Drug Topics : How has the closure of Rite Aid stores impacted independent pharmacies in Pennsylvania? Rob Frankil, RPh : I'm seeing a mixed bag.