-Last day of #AmericanPharmacistsMonth

-Halloween

-Full moon

-Blue moon

...and a bunch of #pharmacy updates! Stay safe out there!

(And if you want to WATCH this episode - to see the costume guess - it's over at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erinalbert_happyhalloween-pharmacists-pbms-activity-6728317872252235776-TLYP)

It's the wrap of American Pharmacists Month,

Halloween,

and Voting, 

in 2020.

That's one crazy equation!

Happy Friday! Stay safe, y'all. Don't let the goblins get ya. 👻🛑

This one is a stumper. 🤔

We review a real world case of autoshipment of prescription drugs - WITHOUT a documented prescription (cart before the horse)? And what federal legal requirements that seem to be missing here.

Article in the NY Times about this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/health/Covid-flu-elderly-Medicare.html (And anyone else notice the timing of this around enrollment for 2021?)

GoodRx cash price of Tamiflu: "average retail price of $105.94." https://www.goodrx.com/tamiflu 

Obra '90 overview: http://rx-wiki.org/index.php?title=Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1990

Here's why I am stumped: If this provider of Medicare supplements can just skip over the providers and OBRA 90 regulations, what OTHER Rx drugs will they be autoshipping millions of dollars' worth in the future?

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Your thoughts, pharmacists? Send them to me at Twitter: @ErinLAlbert. I'll also have more on this over at our Patreon page.

Remember when your favorite record album was on sale?

I don't know why I just thought of that - but here's the weekend update on pharmacy - and if you want a visual and/or links, go over to my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinalbert/

Rock on!

What a week.

But we made it to another Friday!

London isn't calling - but the weekend is...🇬🇧

Punk Rock Pharmacy, anyone? Blog post on this series below:

1: The sitch: https://erinalbert.medium.com/punk-rock-pharmacy-ce91c4978719

The Point Podcast with Apex Benefits on Past, Present, and Future of Pharmacy Miniseries is still rolling out at: https://apexbg.com/insights/podcasts/the-point-podcast/#:~:text=A%20podcast%20series%20featuring%20employee,with%20change%20and%20remain%20competitive.

Everyone stay safe out there, 🤘🏼

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In honor of pharmacists week - Oct 18-24, I wanted to go in a different direction and celebrate with a little...punk rock pharmacy.

What do I mean? Well, read this: https://medium.com/@ErinLAlbert/punk-rock-pharmacy-ce91c4978719

I look forward to your thoughts.

LinkedIn Post on #pharmacy surveys: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erinalbert_pharmacist-pharmacists-pharmacy-activity-6723609682763681792-YMrQ

Be sure to take surveys and have your voice heard! ✏️

Check out the weekend update - now audio only! 

Hey everybody!

We've crawled and scratched our way to another Friday of this 2020 madness - recap of the week right. Here!

Ladies and Gentlemen!

October is pharmacists month, and

October 12 is women pharmacists' day!

Here's a sneak peek just for you all on my tiny contribution for the day and the month! Enjoy!

Post to the link and spreadsheet of resources: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6721106111623176192/