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Community pharmacies are faced with a variety of challenges, especially when it comes to new avenues to increase revenue. While pharmacists are essential for dispensing medications, that is often not enough to maintain daily operations and pharmacy expenses. COVID-19 has also added more pressure to community pharmacies’ bottom line, highlighting the need for increased revenue opportunities for pharmacists.   

There are several ways community pharmacies can expand their operations and gain additional revenue. Increasing revenue will require some time and investment, but these options can pay off greatly in the long run. We’ll be discussing practical ways to increase pharmacy revenue. 

A successful pharmacy is one that is innovative and opportunistic. After all, even though things may be going well now, that can always change, and a pharmacy owner should have alternative revenue streams coming in to combat any challenges. 

Today’s pharmacies must incorporate diverse or alternative revenue opportunities to boost profits. This could mean expanding services such as adherence packaging, specialty pharmacy medications, or partnering with health care providers or hospitals in the area. It can even entail offering tailored services to their patients such as nutrition guidance.

Panelists: 

• Ronna Hauser, PharmD, Senior VP Policy | NCPA 

Moderator: Todd Eury, CEO | Pharmacy Podcast Network 

A strong desire to help people has always drawn Nawshin Ahmed toward health related careers. That desire is what attracted her to ACPHS with thoughts of becoming a pharmacist. But not long into her academic career, Ahmed began to realize that pharmacy was not going to be her career destination. With advice from her thoughtful, knowledgeable and caring professors, Ahmed began to switch her focus toward the field of Public Health. After her 2016 graduation from ACPHS, she advanced to receive a master's in Public Health from the University at Albany, and a master's in Business Administration from Stony Brook University. Her strong desire to help people is now actualized through her work with government and community leaders in shaping health policies through the Pew Charitable Trusts' Substance Use Prevention & Treatment Initiative. She provides technical assistance to states seeking to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorder and to reduce the number of overdose deaths. Nawshin Ahmed’s experiences give her a great perspective on the journey from higher education to career. She tells current and prospective ACPHS students they should know that there are many paths available to them. She also says students should be open to exploring new options and shouldn’t be afraid to make mistakes along the way.

Trent Voelkl, pharmacy owner of 3 Happier At Home franchises and COO of Buffalo Pharmacies has exceeded his expectations of growing new revenues through home care services. Debbie Marcello, CEO of Happier at Home and Todd Eury with the Pharmacy Podcast Network talk with Trent about his success with the franchise and about his expansion into other markets. 

Educational Objectives

• Recall the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), as well as the burden of DMD and its impact on patient quality of life

Faculty:

Amanda Hickman, PharmD, MPH, MSCS

Central Support Pharmacist – Neuro/Psych/Sleep

Trellis Rx

Atlanta, Georgia

Moderator:

Jessica L. Kerr, PharmD, CDCES

Associate Dean – Office Professional and Student Affairs

Professor/Clinical Pharmacist

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

School of Pharmacy

Edwardsville, Illinois

Amanda Hickman, PharmD, MPH, MSCS, and Jessica L. Kerr, PharmD, CDCES, have no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-613-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 22, 2023.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Sarepta Therapeutics.

Educational Objective:

• Outline various challenges and uncertainties affecting the optimization of treatment with novel immunotherapeutic modalities for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Faculty:

Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Hematology

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Moderator:

Laura R. Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP

SVP, Clinical Strategy and Growth

OncoHealth

Plantation, Florida

Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP & Laura R. Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP, have no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-611-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 22, 2023.

This activity is supported by independent medical education grants from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Genmab; and AbbVie, Inc.

Paging all urine experts, all urine experts please report to the Pain Pod! Actually, if you believe that you could benefit from a thorough discussion on the complexities of urine drug screening and testing, then “you’re in” luck! Everyone gets a cup! Everyone fills a cup! But then what? Shouldn’t a practitioner know what cross-reactants could create possible false-positives? Are there methods to “beat the system” and outsmart urine drug screenings and testings? Join us for a lively discussion on the most useful strategies for incorporating urine drug screenings, or preferably testings, into your own practice. If “you’re in” over your head, then this episode is for you! In this episode of the Pain Pod, Mark “Pain Guy” Garofoli chats through the multiple nuances of all thing’s urine in respect to patient care. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Episode References • Urine Drug Monitoring Overview of Screening and Testing o Moeller, K, et. al. Urine Drug Screenings: Practical Guide for Clinicians. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008;83(1)66-76. • Urine Drug Screenings Incorrect 1/3rd of the time o https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/4/11/urine-drug-test-often-gives-false-results • Urine Drug Screening False Positive Cross Reactants o https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/urine-drug-screening-minimizing-false-positives-and-false-negatives-to-optimize-patient-care • Synthetic Urine Recipes o https://www.synbioproject.org/how-to-make-synthetic-urine/ • Whizzinator o https://whizzinator.com/ • Mike Tyson’s Podcast Whizzinator Explanation o https://www.mmamania.com/2020/11/8/21555388/mike-tyson-admits-to-using-whizzinator-fake-penis-to-pass-drug-tests-i-put-my-babys-urine-in-it • APhA Webinar’s o https://www.pharmacist.com/Education/eLearning

Educational Objectives

• Outline current guideline recommendations and strategies pharmacists can implement for the management of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)

• Recall the efficacy and safety of emerging agents for the treatment of ITP

Moderator:

Anthony J. Perissinotti, PharmD, BCOP

Hematology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

Clinical Team Leader Hematology/Oncology

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Michigan – Michigan Medicine

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Faculty:

Lisa Charneski, PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Department of Pharmacy Practice Saint Joseph’s University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Anthony J. Perissinotti, PharmD, BCOP has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:

Lisa Charneski, PharmD, BCPS, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ Planning Staff—Jim Palatine, RPh, MBA; Maryjo Dixon, RPh; Karleen Melody, PharmD; Crissy Wilson; Susan Pordon; Brianna Winters; and Chloe Taccetta have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-608-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 19, 2023.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

To claim CE credit for this activity, please visit the link below:

https://www.pharmacytimes.org/courses/advances-in-the-treatment-of-immune-thrombocytopenia-strategies-for-optimizing-clinical-and-patient-outcomes