Pharmacy Podcast Network

PBMs Must Focus on Quality Patient Care First & Lowering Costs Second, in specialty pharmacy this is more important than ever before. 

Though PBMs are most known for the influence they have on prescription drug costs, some firms are increasingly focused on offering high-touch condition management services that give them a more active role in patient care. A special partnership between Ascella Health and Appro-Rx will build upon this philosophy.  

“AscellaHealth focuses on maximizing the care of patients and the financial performance of healthcare systems. We take a customized approach for each entity, tailoring our programs and services to their specific needs in order to ensure that institutions generate income and provide high-touch clinical value through our proven cost management strategies.” 

Special Guest: 

Michael J. Baldzicki, CRCM

Executive Vice President, Growth & Strategy

Office: 877.389.9040

www.ascellahealth.com

About AscellaHealth: 

AscellaHealth is a global Specialty Pharmacy and Healthcare services organization serving payers, providers, life sciences and patients, offering a comprehensive portfolio of customized, tech-enabled specialty pharmaceutical and medical management services. An Inc. 5000 2021 winner, AscellaHealth’s unique, patient-centric approach is built upon proprietary technology processes for innovative programs and services optimizing health outcomes and quality of life for patients with complex chronic conditions or rare diseases that require specialty medications and/or gene and cell therapies.

Visit www.AscellaHealth.com

About Appro-Rx:

Appro-Rx, a national prescription benefit management company located in Waynesville, Ohio, recently partnered with the Pharmacy Podcast Network to launch the More-On PBM’s podcast. Hosted by CEO, Kyle Fields, this podcast digs into the dark corners of the unregulated PBM business practices and sets the record straight. 

Visit: https://www.approrx.com/ 

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Jamie grew up in a small town in Wyoming where she got her start in pharmacy working at the local City Drug. She attended the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy for her Doctor of Pharmacy. For 10 years post-graduation Jamie worked in community pharmacy while having and raising her 4 little boys. However, a young family and community pharmacy work schedules are not highly compatible, so in 2020 Jamie created her own job for herself that better suits her talents, her passions, and her family’s busy schedule. She abruptly jumped out of retail and into the world of entrepreneurship and has found her true calling in life. She is the founder & CEO of Arches Health, LLC, and serves there as a precision medicine consultant pharmacist focusing on pharmacogenomics.

After getting her practice up and running she turned around and began promoting and empowering pharmacists to champion PGx and create their own consulting practices through her PGx Consulting Confidence Academy. Dr. Wilkey is a member of CPIC as well as the nonprofit organization GTMR.

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In 2016, Tony Guerra PharmD joined the Pharmacy Podcast Network and has been an incredible content development maven & our senior podcast host of the Pharmacy Podcast Network.

Tony Guerra is the host of the Pharmacy Residency Podcast.Tony helps students edit and revise Pharmacy Residency Letters of Intent one-one-one while giving year-round advice on residency applications and interviews. His TonyPharmD YouTube channel has 28,500 followers and more than 14 million downloads.  He is the author of over twenty books on subjects from pharmacy residency, careers, and pharmacology including the best-selling Memorizing Pharmacology: A Relaxed Approach. He graduated from Iowa State University with a BA in English and M.HCI. in Human-Computer Interaction and the University of Maryland with his PharmD.

You can find his courses at https://residency.teachable.com/ 

Thank you Tony for everything you have done as a leader in pharmacy. 

The PPN greatly appreciates you.      

Sincerely, Todd Eury CEO of the PPN

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Optimizing Care for People Living with HIV: Beyond Typical Risk Factors for Weight Gain | PTCE Connect

Educational Objectives

Describe recent data surrounding weight gain among people living with HIV (PLWH) who are on antiretroviral therapy

Recognize the role of the pharmacist in the care of PLWH

Continuing the Conversation – Individualizing the Management of HIV: A Focus on Weight Gain

Introduction of faculty, affiliations, and disclosures

Dr. David Koren, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, AAHIVP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Infectious Diseases at the Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Koren has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:

Advisory Boards: Gilead, Thera, and ViiV

Independent consulting: AbbVie and Thera

Accreditation and support statement

PTCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 credit hours of knowledge-based credit.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP.

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Implementing Pharmacogenomics into the Education of the PharmD 

How do interested faculty start a program for PGx education at their own school?

Today’s episode builds on the experiences of David Hurley in developing a PGx program at the Gatton College of Pharmacy. His training provides ALL first year students with free PGx testing coordinated with Biochemistry coursework. As we will discuss, making a workable program starts with discovering what PGx resources are available at your institution. Careful understanding of faculty and student abilities and needs are the foundation for making PGx education successful.

Our guest today, Dr. David Hurley, has democratized Pharmacogenomics education for his first year PharmD students. As a Biochemistry professor at the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University, Dave immerses pharmacy students with PGx training and free testing in their first semester of the curriculum. In two previous episodes, we’ve discussed how he accomplished this task and his surveys of student attitudes and interest. Today’s episode will provide some of the lessons Dave learned about how to implement PGx education that might be useful for those of you who are starting your own program.

David L Hurley, PhD Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy 

20 Best Genomics Podcasts of 2021 

https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-genomics-podcasts-of-2021/ 

Thank you RxSafe for sponsoring this episode

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We launch the first podcast episode of the Pediatric Pharmacist Review, with our host Dr. Allison Chung, PharmD & Pediatric Critical Care Pharmacist, BCPPS Certified at University of South Alabama Health. 

Guest: Dr. Benjamin Estrada

Topic: COVID 19 vaccines in pediatrics: 

How the different COVID vaccines work.

Current information and research on the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in pediatric patients.

Has it been tested to the same extent that other vaccines are tested on children?

Will the COVID vaccine recommendations include patients younger than 14? When do we think this will happen?

What do you say to people who understand that younger patients are less likely to get COVID and less severe symptoms so therefore do not want their children to receive the vaccine?

Long term affects of the COVID vaccine on children. Any potential for autism or infertility?

Risk vs benefit of COVID vaccine vs getting COVID in children. Many people feel the risk of getting the vaccine is worse because the risk for COVID in children is less and severity of COVID symptoms are less than adults.

Suggestions for how pharmacists can encourage vaccination in the pediatric population.

At the F.D.A.’s urging, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are expanding their trials for children 5 to 11.

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-trials-children.html

At the urging of federal regulators, two coronavirus vaccine makers are expanding the size of their clinical trials for children ages 5 to 11 — a precautionary measure designed to detect rare side effects including heart inflammation problems that turned up in vaccinated people younger than 30.

President Biden promised at a meeting in Ohio last week that emergency clearance for pediatric vaccines would come “soon,” but the White House has not been specific on the timeline. It was unclear whether expanding the studies will affect when vaccines could be authorized for children.

The Food and Drug Administration has indicated to Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that the size and scope of their pediatric studies, as initially envisioned, were inadequate to detect rare side effects. Those include myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the lining around the heart, multiple people familiar with the trials said.

Questions about vaccinating children — including those under 12 — are of huge interest to parents and teachers. Regulators will be required to balance potential side effects of coronavirus vaccination against the risks of Covid-19.

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The horrific story of a gunman killing eight people at three Atlanta-area spas earlier this year; six of the victims were women of Asian descent, sparking fears among advocacy groups that the killings may have been racially motivated.

Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began, according to a recent study.

Suspect charged with killing 8 in Atlanta-area shootings that targeted Asian-run spas

People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years, and have long been the target of bigotry. Transforming the Nation tackles this sociological & community issue head on. It's up to us to End Asian Hate. 

Our special guests:  

Shin-Yu Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP - [email protected]; https://www.linkedin.com/in/shin-yu-l-p-ab2427213

Bonnie Hui-Callahan, PharmD, CDCES - [email protected]; https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-hui-callahan

Free compiled list of resources for AAPI community and allies: www.theclinicianleader.com/ally 

The Clinician-Leader: www.theclinicianleader.com; LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook 

Additional Resources: 

NEJM - Practical Guide for Combating Anti-Asian Sentiment - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2102656

https://stopaapihate.org/ - tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harrasment, and discrimination against AAPI

www.aapidata.com - demographic data and policy research on AAPI

www.standagainsthatred.org

https://ahi.ucsf.edu/advocacy/resources - Asian Health Institute

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Transforming Pharmaceutical Obsolescence into Opportunity

RxRise is a revolutionary marketplace platform that lists pharmaceutical manufacturers short-dated and surplus stock directly to pharmacies.

Bringing together today’s leaders in the worlds of healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

We are hyper aware of the impact that short-dated and surplus drugs have on our industry and our planet. It’s not good for business, the environment or society. That’s why we’ve pooled our knowledge in healthcare and technology to find an innovative solution that could check all the boxes. In other words, help both manufacturers and pharmacies do good and make an impact. 

Our guest, Adam Gladieux Founder and CEO at RxRise, joined Todd Eury at Pharmacy Podcast Network Studios HQ in Hiller Pennsylvania, approximately 45 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA.  

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Pharmacy: El Tejon Pharmacy Frazier Park Interviewee: Ty Stout, PharmD., Pharmacist in Charge Ty purchased an Eyeconn pill counter before consulting with the RxBLU team and they quickly created a bi-directional interface for the technology. Script Pro charges thousands of dollars for easy & quick enhancements and reports, but RxBLU does not. Ty is a young advocate of Independent pharmacy and he is on the board with PFOA Buying Group. https://www.pfoai.org/ The el Tejon Pharmacies have served Bakersfield and Kern County since 1928. Their team leverages over 80 years of combined experience to meet the health and wellness needs of their communities. About RxBLU: Based in Southern California, Cypress Software, Inc. is a team of developers, pharmacists and pharmacy owners with more than a century of combined industry experience. This diverse team created RxBLU™ because they wanted to make a real difference for hardworking pharmacists and their staff. By providing software that is built upon the pharmacy operator's ideas, the RxBLU developers make it easy for their clients to serve their patients no matter the circumstances. When it comes to pharmacy software, too much of it is outdated except for changes required by law. It makes it possible for you to get by, but there’s no reason to settle for that. Instead, choose to become a leader with our cutting-edge software. Thanks to its innovative and customizable nature, our software can help in a diverse array of applications while performing consistently and securely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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From a published journal article from the American Journal of Health System Pharmacy, the data highlights the impact of a pharmacist directed pain management treatment plan within institutional opioid use. The report noted that with the pharmacist lead treatment there was improved patient satisfaction scores and indirect cost savings.

Despite decreased opioid use, available patient satisfaction data suggested ongoing improvement in associated with pharmacist designed pain management plans.

Today we continue to build upon the podcast series called:

Pharmacists & Physicians Working Together for Responsible Opioid Usage

Special guest:

William Amarquaye, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist at Florida Regional Hospital

Impact of a pharmacist-directed pain management service on inpatient opioid use, pain control, and patient safety

https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-abstract/76/1/17/5257115?redirectedFrom=fulltext

The CDC Opioid Guideline: Proponent Interpretation Has Led to Misinformation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29608033/

Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844400/

CDC's Efforts to Quantify Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths Fall Short

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33761120/

An Examination of State and Federal Opioid Analgesic and Continuing Education Policies: 2016–2018

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534855/

CDC Advises Against Misapplication of the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0424-advises-misapplication-guideline-prescribing-opioids.html 

This episode is sponsored by the Ultiguard Safe Pack. UltiGuard Safe Pack is the only pen needle product that comes with an all-in-one sharps container. Learn more about why UltiGuard Safe Pack is the best choice for your patients and your pharmacy., 

Learn more about the UltiGuard Safe Pack: 

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