The U.S. Government is back open, and APhA wasted no time getting ECAPS under discussion.

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Dr. Allison Reichart PharmD discusses her testimony for ECAPS on the U.S. House floor.

The government shutdown has made waves for American pharmacies and patients, and we need to talk about it.

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00:00 - 00:36 - Intro

00:37 - 01:05 - Medicare and Medicaid payments may be going up soon

01:06 - 01:26 - Drug supplies are running short

01:27 - 08:14 - Doug Hyunh, APhA's congressional affairs director, speaks on the status of pharmacy advocacy amid the shutdown

08:15 - 09:27 - Register today for APhA2026 with early bird pricing: https://aphameeting.pharmacist.com/

09:28 - 11:08 - Outro

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• Erin Ballentine, PharmD, MBA, APhA Board of Trustees member, discusses the latest ECAPS efforts being made on the Hill

• Emily Weyenberg, PharmD, and Nicole Sandoval, PharmD, student fellows, discuss PBM reform and the future of pharmacy policy

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• Intro

• New practitioners go to Capitol Hill to advocate for ECAPS bill and PBM reform

• Dr. Deanna Kroetz elected to the 2025 NAM class

• CQI grant offers $5000 for qualified resident pharmacist research

• Pharmacists get new update in their fight for the right to immunize

• FDA approves record number of cancer therapies, but the number of oncology pharmacists remains low

• Outro

Take advantage of the CQI grant: https://www.pharmacist.com/Practice/Patient-Care-Services/Immunization-Center/Impacting-Immunization-Implementation-through-Quality-Improvement-Grant

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• Pharmacist advocate speaks on the latest efforts to transform the profession through policy

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• Where is the pharmacist profession going?

• How is technology and AI affecting pharmacists?

• What non-traditional roles will pharmacists be taking over?

• What policy changes is APhA hoping to see around pharmacy?

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• Brittany Botescu speaks on the history of American pharmacy

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00:00 - 00:40 - Intro

00:41 - 01:12 - Michael D. Hogue, executive vice president and CEO of APhA, kicks off American Pharmacists Month

01:13 - 01:56 - Comments from Lee Vermeulen, executive vice president, CEO, AACP

01:57 - 04:26 - Comments from John McGlew, director of government affairs, AACP

04:27 - 07:37 - Comments from Susan Cantrell, CEO, AMCP

07:38 - 10:22 Comments from Arnold Clayman, vice president, Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs, ASCP

10:23 - 12:01 - Comments from Melanie Dodd, president, ASHP

12:02 - 12:48 - Comments from Brooklyn Morgan, director of state policy, NASPA

12:49 - 14:22 - Comments from Doug Hoey, CEO, NCPA

14:23 - 16:12 - Comments from Tamara McCants, president, National Pharmaceutical Association 16:23 - 20:46 - Comments from Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, president elect, APhA

20:47 - 24:59 - Comments from Thomas Emmendorfer, executive director of PBM services, Department of Veterans Affairs

25:00 - 28:10 - Comments from Cpt. Tami Rodriguez, chief pharmacist, Federal Bureau of Prisons 28:11 - 31:30 - Comments from Lisa Smith, vice president of clinical and specialty services, Walmart

31:31 - 31:56 - APhA student pharmacists get showcased on Good Morning America in NYC

31:57 - 34:16 - Outro

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• Dr. Richard Dang talks latest updates from his ACIP testimony

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• ACIP updates tackle COVID and MMRV vaccinations

• A new grant is giving billions to address rural pharmacy deserts

• A well-being roundtable from APhA gives pharmacists the resources they need

• New cuffless BP devices may not be all they're cracked up to be

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