R.J. Hedges & Associates has a dedicated team, devoted to providing complete turnkey healthcare compliance programs for our clients. We offer easy-to-use Policy and Procedure Manuals and Programs that contain all requirements for Medicare Quality Standards; HIPAA Compliance with HITECH requirements; Fraud, Waste & Abuse Prevention; OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen requirements; Human Resource Management, and Immunization.  All compliance programs come with computer based training as well as program updates (as regulations change).

R.J. Hedges & Associates has hundreds of accredited facilities across the country. Company President, Jeffrey Hedges, has extensive experience handling Medicare accreditation and HIPAA law compliance. In addition, he speaks at NCPA Conventions and other professional for

We’d like to welcome our new co-host & Government Affairs Strategist – Ron Lanton, founder of Truth North Political Solutions.

Mr. Lanton has over 20 combined years of government affairs and legal experience. This includes activities on the municipal, state, and federal levels of government. Most recently he worked for H. D. Smith, where he created and oversaw the company’s Government Affairs Department, served as their exclusive lobbyist and also advocated for the company’s various healthcare customers. Prior to that Ron worked at a government affairs consulting firm in Arlington, VA where he worked on healthcare, energy, commerce and transportation issues.

An interview with Larry Doud – CEO of Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC)

Mr. Larry Doud serves as Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director of Rochester Drug Cooperative, Inc. Mr. Doud joined RDC in 1987. Throughout his career Mr. Doud has been one of the most influential and deeply committed executives to Independent Pharmacy in marketplace. Before joining RDC he spent twenty-two years in sales positions including Vice President of Sales with two national wholesalers. He oversees RDC's entire operation and reports directly to Board of Directors. Being widely known throughout the industry he also serves in various organizations such as Pharmacy First. 

RDC is a true dividend-paying regional wholesale drug cooperative – a marriage of a traditional drug distribution company, a buying cooperative, and a private long-term

The Pharmacy Podcast Show - has partnered with Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy to bring to our pharmacy industry listeners our Specialty Pharmacy segment dedicated to the important vertical that is SPECIALTY PHARMACY.  

About Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy:  

About Diplomat

Diplomat serves patients and physicians in all 50 states as the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacy. Headquartered in Flint, Mich., the company focuses on medication management programs for people with specialized, long-term medical needs, including cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis — always focused on increasing adherence and improving patients’ outcomes. Diplomat opened its doors in 1975 as a neighborhood pharmacy with one essential tenet: “Take good care of patients, and the rest falls into place.” Today, that tradition continue

We interview Mike Palmer with Hometown Pharmacies in Chillicothe Missouri about teh MILLIONS JOBS PROJECT: 

Mike J. Palmer

Hometown Pharmacies

The Pharmacy technician, also sometimes known as a pharmaceutical technician, is a health care worker who performs pharmacy related functions, generally working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist or other health professional.

Pharmacy technicians work in a variety of locations, usually in community/retail and hospital pharmacies but also sometimes in long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, third-party insurance companies, computer software companies, or in government or teaching. Job duties include dispensing prescription drugs and other medical devices to patients and instructing on their use.

Pharmacy Technicians talk to a patient about their medications. They may also perform admi

Welcome to the Pharmaguy episode 111 "Pharmacy Podcast Show" who created the Pharma Marketing Network®.Pharmaguy™ (aka, John Mack), and is the creator of Pharma Marketing Blogand the publisher of Pha

Pharmacy Future Leaders

We interview Courtney B. Graham Wilkes University PharmD Candidate Class of 2014 who will use the skills and knowledge she has gained at Wilkes University to positively impact her future career and as a leader in pharmacy.  

Courtney writes, "I am involved, as a student, with the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and will continue to participate with these esteemed organizations as a Pharmacist.  Currently, I serve on the PPA Student Advisory Board as the Recording Secretary.  Throughout my years at Wilkes, I have become aware of the need for advocacy concerning the profession of pharmacy.  I have learned with the continuing growth of the pharmacy profession, I too must grow and adapt to change. I look forward to what the future will bring."

If you need more information about Wilkes University Pharmacy you can also vi

September 26 - 29, 2013
Wyndham Gettysburg
Gettysburg, PA

PPA holds its Annual Conference ev