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RxperienceRxperienceHow Will the Big Beautiful Bill Affect Pharmacy? | The New Frontier w/ Leigh DavitianLook for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-07-2155 minRxperienceRxperienceShould You Sign Up for the MTF? | RAGE Against the MachineLook for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-07-1443 minRxperienceRxperiencePBMs are Dehumanizing Pharmacy | RxPerience PodcastA Mid-Summer Nights Dream...  Chad and Tom waxing prophetically about the issues impacting long term care and consultant pharmacy. Tune in for a dose of good vibes as we provide updates to the Inflation Reduction Act, vaccine services, billing for clinical pharmacist services, technology and more. The midpoint of 2025 is now and there is much to do before this year closes out. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-07-0733 minRxperienceRxperienceDeprescribing Saved Delon Canterbury's Grandmother | RAGE Against the Machine"Catch him if you can" describes our next guest very well. Delon Canterbury is a force in consulting pharmacy.  Paving roads into multiple communities, Delon brings deprescribing where people live, makes it comfortable, gains trust and makes an impact. Can you throw up a shingle and launch a business consulting with people that need help with meds? Delon has done it and hear how.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-06-2328 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Tyson PharmacyLook for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-06-1635 minRxperienceRxperienceThe New Frontier: Steven Lee (Click Therapeutics)Let me, let me, let me upgrade you. Can software enhance pharmaceutical agents and help treat and prevent disease? Should patients and clinicians reach for an app before a pill, or, are we taking the first step to becoming cyborgs? Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-06-0943 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Ed VessDeep in pharmacy there are many stalwart leaders, local and regional pharmacists that have done tours of pharmacy, owned businesses and cheer leaded others to success.  One of the most supportive and experienced pharmacists of the southeast is Ed Vess, with Redsail, bringing solutions to pharmacists on the front lines of healthcare. Join our discussion with Ed on the days leading into the Redsail meeting in Grapevine Texas this Thursday where pharmacists gather to find ways to win in this challenging health care environment. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify i...2025-06-0233 minRxperienceRxperienceRAGE Against the Machine: Amy Stewart AAPACNNestled near the border of the US and Canada, Amy Stewart is the Chief Nursing Officer at the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nurses (AAPACN). She leads the nurses in skilled nursing homes responsible for the MDS and the home;s nursing direction. The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is the data instrument that CMS uses for quality and payment. It is critical and how pharmacy and pharmacists can work closer with the nurses charged with managing it, it a top line issue.  Listen as we hear from the expert on MDS and how pharmacist's can help with it and u...2025-05-1946 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: South Central Regional MeetingLook for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-05-1222 minRxperienceRxperienceThe New Frontier: Thea BlystoneThea Blystone gives Kevin and Jaron a tour of her practice in her race car just to confirm that there is no one in the rear view mirror. Join us and get the inside scoop to help push the profession forward into the next frontier! Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-05-0556 minRxperienceRxperienceRAGE Against the Machine: Lisa GablesASCP has always cultivated leaders.  We may be the cradle of pharmacist leaders amongst the pharmacy associations. But not all are pharmacists. Lisa Gables started her career in accounting, working in adult day care before it became cool. She spent time at ASCP embedding herself in supporting the work our pharmacists and pharmacies dealing with older adults and the medically complex. She now leads the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and has established a "HealthForce" for providers like PAs to fight alongside pharmacists for expanded roles, filling the primary care gap.  And she's fierce. Join us as we ta...2025-04-2842 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Alan ObringerA pillar of our industry doesn't need to be in it for decades and can come from anywhere at anytime. It is a part of what makes LTC pharmacy such a great place. Alan Obringer's special skill when he started in LTC was height. :) Now he stands tall as a leader in long term care and has an amazing practice in Florida helping move our sector forward. Want to know how to pivot, innovate in succeed in LTC - listen with us to Alan's story.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify 2025-04-2133 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: NE Regional EpisodeNothing screams "ASCP entrepreneurial pharmacy" like a family run pharmacy established in 1933, in the hometown of the largest pharmacy retailer (CVS) in the shadow of the 10,000 lbs gorilla (Amazon Pharmacy). White Cross Pharmacy has chucked and jabbed for nearly a century, always ahead of the curve taking care of people in their community with the kind of care only a family independent pharmacy can deliver. We go "on location" for an inspirational visit while at our Northeast regional meeting in Rhode Island. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio2025-04-1429 minRxperienceRxperienceThe New Frontier: Brian CHAIIn this episode, your hosts & favorite pharmacist frontiersmen, speak with Dr. Brian Anderson, MD, CEO of the Coallition for Health AI (CHAI). CHAI is a leading health AI community made up of 1000s of healthcare organizations with a goal to make health AI safe and effective for all. Dr. Anderson provides tremendous insights on the impacts AI will have in healthcare and for pharmacists. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-04-0750 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Miriam ChoYou can't out passion our next guest. Miriam Cho is an engine of energy for long term care pharmacy. Don't tell her no, don't short pay her services, and don't give her a challenge you don't want solved. Miriam works in long term care pharmacy in Indiana and Illinois and she's at the center of the fight for fair reimbursement. Join us as we discuss what she is asking states to do, where things are in Illinois and what we all should be doing to drive long term care pharmacy forward. Pharmacy is searching for strategies for survival and...2025-03-3133 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Dee AntimasarisTake the road less traveled... go where no one has gone before.. blaze the trail..  all of these phrases describe our next guest, Dee Antimasaris. A pharmacist whose incredible career has focused on providing pharmacist services in places without traditional pharmacists.  She works at a University without a pharmacy school, teaching physicians pharmacology and providing the kinds of services that create demand from the physicians they train, wherever they end up going and practicing. Join us as we hear from Dee on where she came from, what she's doing and where she sees phrmacy going.  Look for us...2025-03-2441 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Benjamin Link - PBM'sEmbedded in insurance plans and state Medicaid departments, Ben Link became an insider. A pharmacist double-agent per se. You may have heard Ben speak at our annual meeting in Denver, providing unparalleled insight into the drug pricing schemes of third party plans and Federal and state programs. He eventually landed with investigative journalists and industry experts like Antonio Caccia to blow the whistle on managed medicaid plans and how they've manipulated drug pricing for decades. Listen as he delivers insight into what is coming with PBM reform and what future he sees for pharmacy.  Look for us o...2025-03-1749 minRxperienceRxperienceThe New Frontier: Leading not BleedingJoin this discussion with a beacon of the industry, Dan Buffington. We will discuss how to launch your consulting business, and how to plan an exit strategy. Then we will make some predictions on the future, and maybe answer the most important question of all: Who is better, Jaron or Kevin? Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts Want more from the show? Let us know your thoughts by filling out our survey. 2025-03-101h 02RxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Bob WarnockBob Warnock has always been a forerunner of long term care pharmacy.  He is a pillar of ASCP. Not only did he own and operate a LTC pharmacy, he sold it and worked for Omnicare as it become the market leader.  He then teamed up with the largest nursing home chain and established one the first large scale pharmacies using onsite dispensing, only to follow that up with running pharmacies for one of the most respected older adult health care groups in the South. An active member for decades, Bob's story if full of insight for people wanted to un...2025-03-0336 minRxperienceRxperienceRAGE Against the Machine: Gary PuckreinThe Vanguards of Health Care are the patients we serve in long term care. Join us for a discussion with Gary Puckrein, President and Founder of the National Minority Quality Forum, a DC based advocacy think tank who has been working with Medicare and Medicaid data for over 25 years and holds a database of over 160 million medical profiles from which he can predict health care down to the zip code level. NMQF's work is like none other and their data combined with Gary's philosophies on where health care goes from here are some of the most though provoking that...2025-02-2438 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: President's Day!What better way to celebrate President's Day than to dig deep into the elected leadership of ASCP.  Marsha Meyer, President #52 and Rob Leffler, President-elect and future President #53 join Tom and Chad (incidentally, he was President #45).  Leaders guide ASCP and the President sets the plan each year to help move the organization forward. Listen in as we hear their stories, what drives them and how they see pharmacy in 2025 and beyond. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-02-1731 minRxperienceRxperienceThe New Frontier: Intro EpisodeAnd so it begins! The first official episode of 'The New Frontier'  with Jaron Stout and Kevin Walker begins. This new series begins as a solo episode with just Kevin and Jaron. Want to know more what their plans are for the show for the rest of the year? Tune in! Jaron and Kevin will have episodes at second week of each month.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2025-02-1035 minRxperienceRxperienceIntroducing Rxperience: The New FrontierPharmacy in older adults and the medically complex...  the final frontier. These are the stories of intrepid pharmacists. Its mission: to explore strange new ways to get paid for services; to seek out new opportunities and new practices; to boldly go where no pharmacist has gone before! This new Rxperience Podcast series is Captained by Jaron Stout and Kevin Walker and promises to shine a beam on the new frontiers in pharmacist practices.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/po...2025-02-0340 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Happy Birthday ASCP!Way back in 1969, a forward thinking, innovative group of pharmacists convened together in a new association called ASCP. Identifying as pharmacists who were "consulted" by these shiny, new care centers called nursing homes, they started an industry and a service centered around managing medications - how to best package, deliver, start, stop and evalaute medications in an effort to keep people safe and healthy. This celebrated association of consultant pharmacists and long term care pharmacies, ASCP, is 56 years old today! Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify Youtube iHeart...2025-01-2738 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: The Political Landscape of 2025 for PharmacyIt's Inauguration week and who better to lay down the gauntlet of politics than Jim Flood and Scott Douglas from Crowell and Moring, a DC based lobbying firm. Jim and Scott often are called to present election dynamics to ASCP members and they bring their unique perspectives, Jim, former Counsel for Senator Chuck Schumer and, Scott, former Counsel for Senator Mitch McConnell. Both formerly worked with Omnicare and have a deep understanding of long term care pharmacy and the drug supply chain.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio2025-01-2041 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: The Road AheadAnd it begins. Season 3. 2025. Tom. Chad. The road ahead for long term care pharmacy and consultant pharmacists. Get a preview of ASCP's actions in a changing political landscape at a pivotal time for pharmacy. 2025 promises to be disruptive and ASCP promises to disrupt things to the support of our members who take care of the most vulnerable.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts Checkout our youtube page at youtube.com/@rxperiencepodcast 2025-01-1327 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: That's a Wrap on Season 2!That's a wrap! Season 2 of Rxperience concludes with a deep dive into what's happening to close out 2024 and the quick start to 2025. A reflection on our amazing guests of this season, some random thoughts on future guests and what policies are a priority for LTC pharmacies and consultant pharmacists in the next administration and in the next year. Happy Holidays to all our members and friends!  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-12-0927 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Annual Meeting 2024 Part 2Listen as Tom and Chad interview amazing guests, vendors, members, and many more during the exhibit hall from Annual Meeting 2024!  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-12-0219 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Annual Meeting 2024 Part 1The one when Tom interviews our attendees on the Berman Award Reception red carpet! Listen as Tom interviews some of our most distinguished guests and long-time members to see their reaction to Annual Meeting 2024! Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-11-2510 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Enhancing Patient/Member Care Through Collaboration Between CBOs and PharmaciesIn this episode, Chad and Tom are joined by Madeline Barnes, Director of Technology & Evidence-Based Programming at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, and Amy Amond, PharmD, HomeMeds Consulting Pharmacist at Giant Eagle. Together, they discuss Partners in Care Foundation’s HomeMeds℠ program, an evidence-based medication inventory program that helps prevent medication-related errors in older adults' homes. They explore the importance of collaboration between Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and pharmacies to improve patient care and medication safety. The conversation highlights how Partners’ HomeMeds℠ program plays a crucial role in reducing medication errors and improving the overall safety of medicati...2024-11-1831 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Dr. Manoj Matthew and Sindhu SahadevanDigging deeper, this weeks podcast recalls our conversation with June Simmons of Partners in Care. Partners in Care and their HomeMeds program has been working advanced care services for older adults in the home for over 25 years. Being a pioneer is one thing, developing a sustainable model changes healthcare.  Join us as we talk to board member and medical director Manoj Mathew and pharmacist Sindhu Sahadevan who lead within the HomeMeds program and share their experiences and outcomes from a program that values the role of the pharmacist and the physician-pharmacist collaboration.  Look for us on... ...2024-10-2847 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Impact of Elections on HealthcareServing on the House Ways and Means Committee, today's guest authored 9 laws. He stood up Medicare Part D and Health Savings Accounts. Since then, he has led one of the most powerful healthcare consultancy firms in Washington D.C.  Join our conversation with Joel White who advocates for pharmacy and helps push agendas that keep our profession and its role intact and at the fore. Joel's insight on the landscape of healthcare regardless of who wins the Presidency in foundational to getting the work of pharmacy done.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Sp...2024-10-2339 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Federal Elections pt. 1Here. We. Go. The election season is upon us and in full swing. Drawing on the two ASCP beltway policy experts who redefined our role and presence in the national spotlight, Veronica Charles and Jim Lewis banter what should be important and top of mind for pharmacists in long term care and consulting pharmacy as they consider their local, state and Federal election choices. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-10-0754 minRxperienceRxperiencePlaying the Pope of LTC Pharmacy: Pontificating on the IndustryTom and Chad discuss major issues in long term care pharmacy ahead of the annual meeting in November. How does everything fit together? LTC at home, fair reimbursement, payment for non-dispensing services, the true "management" function of medication use. It all fits into a dagma that IS this long term care pharmacy industry. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-09-3024 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Shelly SpiroTom and I are old enough to remember typing pharmacy labels and filling physical prescriptions into Dewey Decimal System type apothecary drawers.  Times have changed and the informational age is now becoming the artificial intelligence age. Throughout most of the last two decades, Shelly Spiro, a former ASCP President, has led the effort for ALL of pharmacy in health information and technology. Why? Because as a profession, we have to have a seat at the table or we risk being left behind. Shelly has made sure pharmacy is linked to the latest technology and electronic billing and documentation system i...2024-09-2338 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: AMCPPharmacist executives of national pharmacy associations are a rare breed. Balancing the needs of a profession and the will of membership can be a tightrope to walk. Susan Cantrell has been and continues to be a leadership force in pharmacy and leads the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Like a peace keeper in the Middle East, Susan continues to bring clarity and leadership to the profession and its future. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-09-1639 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading not Bleeding with a Pillar of Industry: Combatting Medication Related Errors in the HomeWe are joined by June Simmons, CEO and Founding President of Partners in Care Foundation (Partners). For over two decades, Partners has been a social care innovator leading the nation in designing strategies to align social and health services for vulnerable populations. Partners’ HomeMeds℠ software is an evidence-based medication inventory program used by organizations and pharmacists nationally to combat and eliminate medication related errors in the home for older adults. June Simmons has been innovating in the use of pharmacists in home based care for over two decades. Maybe before it was really cool. :) Her organization, The Partners in Care...2024-09-0942 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Emergency PreparednessThis is a Category 5 Podcast. Sultan Yassin is a pharmacist who owns a long term care pharmacy in Puerto Rico. In 2017, he faced a nightmare scenario - a CAT 5 hurricane named, Maria (yes the allusion to West Side Story isn't missed on this podcast team). Sultan walks through what senior care pharmacy is like in this U.S. Territory and provides amazing insight into what matters in emergency preparedness for pharmacies. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-08-2633 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading not Bleeding: Payments and Practices for LTC Pharmacy and PharmacistsDo you know what a Minnesota Martini is? Well you should and this podcast won't give you the answer, but board members and LTC pharmacy leader, Jess Androff might if you run into her at an ASCP meeting. More importantly, Jess provides perspectives on pharmacists and pharmacy from her perch as President of Consonus Pharmacy. Working new reimbursement angles for the many services consultant pharmacists and LTC pharmacies provide, Jess brings a light at the end of the tunnel for an industry battered by PBMs and limited reimbursements for its critical services. Look for us on... 2024-08-1938 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Summer Catch-up!The dog days of Summer are upon us and Tom and I roll through this unusually busy Summer for LTC pharmacy.  The Beltway in DC usually takes Summers lightly but not this year - we have a crazy election cycle, hearings on PBMs and pharmacy bills being postured for a lame duck season this Winter. We bat around the issues that matter - mainly - reimbursement issues.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-08-1230 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading not Bleeding: LTC Pharmacy Pricing and ReimbursementControl is an illusion, especially in utilization strategy and pricing. Paula Agoglia is representative of an emerging group of partners for LTC pharmacies promising to help them fight for rebates and reimbursement in an effort to help them survive in the face of payers who fight to hide, scrape and claw back at every turn. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-08-0541 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Dale Wollschleger Part 2Do right by your patients and your business will do right for you.  Dale Wollschleger is a second generation pharmacist and entrepreneur.  Building a practice ahead of its time requires experience, curiosity and vision.  Dale has done "exactly" that and his story will inspire and inform the next generation of pharmacists to do right in pharmacy. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-07-2923 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Dale Wollschleger Part 1Do right by your patients and your business will do right for you.  Dale Wollschleger is a second generation pharmacist and entrepreneur.  Building a practice ahead of its time requires experience, curiosity and vision.  Dale has done "exactly" that and his story will inspire and inform the next generation of pharmacists to do right in pharmacy. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-07-2224 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Alzheimer's Disease and Access IssuesWhat scares people more as they age?  Death or Dementia? Many studies have shown it's actually the risk of losing your memory, your faculties and arguably your mind.  Brain health has never been more central to the health care policy and ASCP's very great partner, the Alliance for Aging Research shares their dynamic CEO, Sue Peschin for a dive into the political footballs surrounding how we approach dementia in out going population from a FDA and CMS policy perspective. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout ou...2024-07-1532 minAmplifyLTC Pharmacy PodcastAmplifyLTC Pharmacy PodcastOne Year of Long-Term Care Pharmacy Excellence | AmplifyLTC PodcastA lot can happen in a year. For the LTC pharmacy industry, one lap around the sun means growth and innovations beyond comprehension. As we approach our one year anniversary of the launch of the AmplifyLTC Podcast, we’re taking a stroll down memory lane and showcasing a glimpse of what the podcast is all about. Through communication and collaboration, the LTC pharmacy industry is thriving, and we show no sign of slowing down.  0:00 - The Growing World of At-Home Long-Term Care Pharmacy 3:34 - Ins and Outs of Transition of Care 8...2024-07-1053 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading not Bleeding: Core Business StrategiesAt the core, pharmacy is a business and attention to the business is necessary to refine processes and improve efficiency.  Pharmacy faces this every day as reimbursement from payers continues to press down on the ability to generate sustainable profits. Our own podcast cohost will share what he has seen in and out of LTC pharmacies across the country.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-07-0836 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry Special 4th of July: Admiral PamI don't know if Pamela Schweitzer is the highest ranking pharmacist in the history of the United States, but we are going to ask her. We do know she was a Rear Admiral , Chief Pharmacy Officer and Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service. Pam's career has taken her from remote Indian reservations in South Dakota and Arizona to a leadership role working to improve health and pharmacy practice nationally. Join us the week of July 4th for a conversation with a Patriot and a Pharmacist.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts S...2024-07-0126 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial: Our 50th Episode!This is serious. Tom and Chad have clawed their way into your earbuds over the last year and a half and now have 49 shows under their belts. In this episode we talk highlights, this amazing industry of long term care pharmacy and what the next 50 episodes hold. Heck, we might even play some games. Its a must listen. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-06-2427 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: FDAHelen Edelberg is one of us. She practiced in older adult medicine as a geriatrician in long term care. She has taken her talents to the Food and Drug Administration in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).  Her presence and influence at the FDA is shaping our approach to medication safety in an aging population.  We love we have people in places of leadership that understand our older adults and long term care settings.  Join us as we dialogue with Helen Edelberg.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHea...2024-06-1725 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Doug RussellIowa. Again?! Doug Russell exemplifies entrepreneurship. He did some time as a pharmacist in the trenches but always with an eye on innovation. It eventually led him to long term care, to group home pharmacy and that is informing his latest effort in advanced pharmacy services in the home. His story in one for every young pharmacist who dares to see the future in the present.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-06-1036 minAmplifyLTC Pharmacy PodcastAmplifyLTC Pharmacy PodcastThe Congress Progress for US Pharmacies | AmplifyLTC Podcast Episode 10Just like the industry at large, LTC pharmacy is in the midst of huge change. Hot-button items like provider status and PBM reform can shake up LTC operations, impacting your bottom line and scope of care. Fortunately, we have Chad Worz to talk all about it and so much more. In this episode, join the CEO of ASCP and (guest host) Mark Bivins as they discuss how ASCP shapes the current LTC conversation, what Congress is like for a pharmacist, and a special LTC edition of Prescribeables.  Check out Chad’s Podcast, Rxperience: https://www.youtube.com/@rxperiencepodcast/featured ...2024-06-0548 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: WalkoutFumble!!! What is happening with pharmacist working conditions and the move toward unionization. Surprisingly, the retail chain environment did not spawn the first notable pharmacy to unionize - it was a long term care pharmacy in Nevada. The reasons pharmacists have come to this are clear, but is this the right tactic? Are we resigning that pharmacy is, in fact, like manufacturing. What other options exist for change. Is this another symptom of a reimbursement system gone awry? Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our...2024-06-0331 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Logistical InnovationThe Pony Express, "Brown", the tightest ship in the shipping business, we live to ship, the hidden arrow in the FedEx logo ... today, business IS delivery and the logistics of medications in long term care is a big deal.  Tyler Schoettmer and his colleagues specialize in delivery for long term care pharmacies. Join as we explore the latest requirements, challenges, technology, artificial intelligence and strategy around one of the most challenging parts of pharmacy.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.co...2024-05-2035 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: The Hand in Glove Work of State Pharmacy AssociationsThe new become old and the old become new. The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) is the DC based association that represents the states.  They are an invaluable partner for ASCP on state issues and state insight. They have a new leader who was old employee at NASPA and, Krystaln Weaver, is that new leader.  When Chad came to ASCP he was the new leader amongst the pharmacy associations and now he has become the 3rd oldest (in terms of his position).  Join us as we talk about Krystaln's instant impact as the new kid on the blo...2024-05-1335 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Reimbursement for Pharmacist Services Part 2Billing for pharmacist's services has been a brass ring the profession has reached for, for a long time.  The problem is it is already here in multiple forms and opportunities exist for ANY pharmacist in EVERY state regardless of practice laws.  Join our guest in this two part podcast, health care attorney and long time friend of ASCP, Leigh Davitian, on dialogue and description of what can be done right now to enhance your practice and access needed revenue for the critical services pharmacist's can provide.    Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Sp...2024-05-0631 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Reimbursement for Pharmacist Services Part 1Billing for pharmacist's services has been a brass ring the profession has reached for, for a long time.  The problem is it is already here in multiple forms and opportunities exist for ANY pharmacist in EVERY state regardless of practice laws.  Join our guest in this two part podcast, health care attorney and long time friend of ASCP, Leigh Davitian, on dialogue and description of what can be done right now to enhance your practice and access needed revenue for the critical services pharmacist's can provide.    Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Sp...2024-04-2944 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Fred BurkeRace cars, ivory soap, customer management technology and a "guardian" for pharmacy.  This podcast has it all as does the subject, Fred Burke.  If you want some insight into the mind of a serial entrepreneur who has chosen long term care pharmacy as his focus, this is the podcast to listen in on.   Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-04-2244 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Manufacturing Quality Part 2The global impact of COVID-19 distracted us from the global issues of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our safety is at risk, when foreign countries deny access to the FDA to ensure safe manufacturing practices and yet we find ourselves dependent on those countries for strategic advanced pharmaceutical ingredients. Rosemary Gibson sounded the alarm with her best selling book, China Rx.  She spoke at ASCP's 2019 annual meeting and she is back today to discuss what strides we have made to improve safety and bring back some capacity to make important medications in the United States.  2024-04-1526 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Manufacturing Quality Part 1The global impact of COVID-19 distracted us from the global issues of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our safety is at risk, when foreign countries deny access to the FDA to ensure safe manufacturing practices and yet we find ourselves dependent on those countries for strategic advanced pharmaceutical ingredients. Rosemary Gibson sounded the alarm with her best selling book, China Rx.  She spoke at ASCP's 2019 annual meeting and she is back today to discuss what strides we have made to improve safety and bring back some capacity to make important medications in the United States.  2024-04-0830 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Carrie McClaughryWho hasn't seen Yellowstone? Well ASCP has it's own Dutton Ranch...in the McClaughry Homestead. Carrie McClaughry is the Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy at Consonus Pharmacy in the Northwest and she resides and wields power from ranches of Montana. Elected to the ASCP Board this past year, join us as delve into what she sees next in Consulting Pharmacy. You won't want to miss an interesting story Carrie shares about her first ASCP annual meeting experience. Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other...2024-04-0136 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: InnovationDeath by a thousand cuts is how we talk about traditional reimbursement in pharmacy.  The holy grail of "provider status" is coming to realization in a suite of billable services for pharmacies and pharmacists, but we need to be shown the way.  Matt Noffsinger is on the leading edge of those "ways" and will discuss how scrappy pharmacists and pharmacies will face the adversity we have today with solutions that ensure their survival.  Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/pod...2024-03-2540 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: LTC at HomeWhen you live in DC, you get a sense of how the law plays a significant role in what politicians and governmental workers can do and what they cannot. While politics may seem like mudslinging, with winners and losers defined by ideas and who you have alliances with, it really comes down to law. David Farber knows the law and his insight into issues that impact long term care pharmacy are vital as we position for wins that shape practice.     Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio...2024-03-1847 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Jag KhatterFrom a small farm in India, to mopping floors for Walgreen's, Jag Khatter lives the American dream. Contagiously positive, Jag has served the pharmacy profession as an entrepreneur, a corporate Vice-President and as an example of what hard, dedication and passion can do. 2024-03-1132 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: What's in it for us?It begins. 2024 promises to be, at the very least, chaos politically.  Few understand what elections years are like on the Hill, but we are fortunate enough to have a veteran of two Congressional offices in our Senior Director of Policy, Jim Lewis.  Join us as Jim breaks down the issues that matter to us in pharmacy and gives some insight into how things work in DC in a contentious Presidential election year. Whether you want to Make America Great Again or Build Back Better, this podcast is for you.  Don't forget to register for the Congressional Hill Day for ASC...2024-03-0441 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: VaccinationHealth systems naturally integrate and many health systems and nursing home chains have acquired good long term care pharmacy service providers.  When that happens, LTC pharmacy can take on an enhanced role in the care of residents of skilled nursing homes, post acute patients and continuous care retirement communities. Patrick Cote sits at the top of one of those organizations as the Director of Pharmacy, Post Acute at Sanford Health. His perspectives on the care of older adults in the future is compelling and worth a listen.    Look for us on... Apple Podcasts ...2024-02-2628 minRxperienceRxperienceArchive Episode: Meet our Presidents on Presidents Day!It's President's Day! We're pulling from our archive and sharing a live episode from last season with all of ASCP's Presidents! Be sure to look out for a new episode next week. 2024-02-1930 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Rolf SchraderPresidents of the United States are often referenced by their number and our next guest is ASCP President #12.  Having spent a career in pharmacy, mostly in long term care, Rolf Schrader is one of the best of us. A lifelong ASCP member, nearly as long as the association itself, Rolf lead operations at a strong independent LTC pharmacy and later in regional operations for Omnicare. Since retiring from Omnicare, he has volunteered at ASCP as Treasurer and for the ASCP Foundation.  2024-02-1236 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: LTC At Home with Lindsay DymowskiBy most estimates, 20 million more people over the age of 65 will exist in 2030 than exist today.  That's a 40-45% increase.  Long Term Care pharmacy has been around since the late 1960s and has been mastering caring for vulnerable older adults for over 5 decades. As those same people find themselves residing more and more at home and in the community, the pharmacies and pharmacists equipped to serve them need to be organized and activated.    Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio   Checkout our other podca...2024-02-0536 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: PBM's with Antonio CiacciaOut there in the shadows like an old school superhero, Antonio Ciacca works to expose the truth about pharmaceutical pricing and the gaming that exists with PBMs, insurers and pharmaceutical companies. One thing remains clear, the pharmacy, the pharmacist and the patient are often victimized.  Listen to the latest on the issues from our investigative, super hero - Antonio Ciaccia.    Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio   Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-01-2940 minRxperienceRxperienceHappy Birthday ASCP!It's ASCP's 55th birthday! Listen as Chad and Tom discuss ASCP's founding, history, and accomplishments since it's origin in 1969. We look forward to the rest of 2024 with you and season 2.   Look for us on... Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio   Checkout our other podcasts at ascp.com/podcasts 2024-01-2230 minRxperienceRxperienceThat’s a Wrap!: A Look Back on Season 1 and 2023That's a wrap! Chad and Tom discuss the highlights of season 1 and what's to come for season 2 next year. We've had a great year with lots of milestones and firsts...just wait to see what's to come for 2024 and season 2! 2023-12-1834 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial Holiday Episode with Arnie ClaymanHappy Holidays from us at Rxperieince! We’re honoring a long-time member, and staff of ASCP, Arnie Clayman. Watch as Chad and Tom ask some in depth questions about his experience as a member, to now as a staff member. You might even find a surprise or two in there… 2023-12-0437 minRxperienceRxperienceIt’s the Thanksgiving Episode! With Nanette WrobleReturning from a successful meeting, its notable that ASCP means family to so many of us. The chance to get together and reconnect, share stories and successes.  It is like our Thanksgiving. With this great American holiday upon us, we invite a dear friend of ASCP to share her story, her experience working with clients in the intellectual and developmentally disabled group homes.  People often without family. Sometimes abandoned. Nanette Wrobel is a pharmacist hero for many in this care setting and she embodies thanksgiving, even opening her Chicagoland home every year to people who can’t make it back t...2023-11-2025 minRxperienceRxperienceAnnual Meeting Exhibit Hall InterviewsAnnual Meeting Exhibit Hall Interviews from Annual Meeting 2023 in Kissimmee Florida.  2023-11-1320 minRxperienceRxperienceBerman and Exhibit Hall Interviews at Annual Meeting2023-11-0620 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Matt Noffsinger2023-10-3033 minRxperienceRxperienceSpecial Episode with ASCP Staff Erik Koster2023-09-2526 minHonesTea with SHAC HPHonesTea with SHAC HPSHAC Rxperience: What to know about the SHAC PharmacyJoin the SHAC Health promotion team as they discuss all things pharmacy, with the special guest Monica Martinez Vigil. We go over everything you need to know about the SHAC pharmacy.  How do you get your prescriptions sent to the pharmacy? Does the pharmacy carry Plan B? What other items does the pharmacy carry? Give it a listen and hear for yourself! 2023-09-2517 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Insulin CliffThe sky is always falling in long term care pharmacy and sometimes the noise around certain issues can reach a fever pitch.  The "insulin cliff" is that issue for 2023.  Pharmacies will lose revenue and profit because of the $25 insulin edict.  Since we only reimburse pharmacy for products, this threatens the pharmacy bottom line significantly. What is the reality of this change and what are pharmacies doing about it?  2023-09-1828 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Nicki BrandtIndustry leaders come in all shape and sizes and they engage from all point s on the landscape of older adult medicine.  Like a fine wine, most fit the description of where they came from - academia, government, practice, or operations. Some even specialize further by setting, community, assisted living or skilled nursing.  Nicki Brandt is different. She is a academic, a practicing pharmacist in a geriatric clinic, she leads a geriatric medicine center, and she engages in policy, formerly working with CMS. Her perspective of life, liberty and the pursuit of phamracy shouldn't be missed.   2023-09-1132 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Home HealthcareLet's be real... the future of long term care is at home. Home health is the beginning of that and just like nursing homes who once were "rest homes", home care will become more sophisicated and, with that, need more sophisticated services.  We know those services will mirror skilled nursing home sercives from long term care providers. Veronica Charles is a former ASCP Policy and Advocacy leader and now runs policy for a large home health care company. Let's pick her brain today. 2023-08-2829 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Employee ScriptsStacking revenue to something all pharmacies and pharmacists need to embrace. There are so many options to "add to the bottom line" from vaccination services to "at home" programs, administering vaccines, billing "incident to" physicians and medication therapy management (MTM). One area of low hanging fruit that helps the pharmacy and impact the insurance premium for the pharmacies business is employee scripts.  They say the shoemaker never has shoes. Is pharmacy taking advantage of servicing themselves? 2023-08-2125 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Sarah FenwickWe can see temperature relief on the horizon as we come close to ending a sizzling summer, but more daunting heat come to us in pharmacy reimbursement challenges.  What will the Inflation Reduction Act and continue threats from PBMs do to keep sweltering heat hanging over our industry?   As we navigate this scorching terrain, we find ourselves parched for proper support, like desert wanderers searching for an oasis. The sun beats down on us, leaving us frustrated, wondering how to keep our pharmacy from feeling like a desert mirage. But fret not, as our expert speaker steps for...2023-08-1436 minRxperienceRxperiencePolitical Footballs: Black BoxBoxed Warnings exist for safety but have they jumped the shark? They are literally an outlined box on a drug product's prescribing information sheet. They came into practice to highlight high risks in medications approved and on the market. We now have boxed warnings that aren't specific to drugs...or diseases...and we've created some that sound like double talk...which creates new risk. 2023-08-0741 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading Not Bleeding: Billing Collaborative PracticeA loop hole was created with Covid-19 in how clinicians could bill "incident to" the physician.  This opened a door for pharmacists practicing in nursing homes.  Suddenly, the barrier of direct supervision was relaxed to general supervision and activities around medication management could be billed to insurance through the physician.  Let's talk about that, where the flexibility stands and how to get moving on a new opportunity for consultant pharmacists. 2023-07-3141 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Long Term Care Pharmacy at Home53 of the 57 million people over 65 years old do NOT reside in a nursing home.  In 2030, that number will likely be close to 70 million of the 75 million.  Today's admission to the nursing home will not be tomorrow's, we will need to become better at caring for people where they live - at home.  LTC Pharmacy knows how to manage the medications for these complex individuals and we need to start doing for them now. Let's get updated in how we can start providing long term care pharmacy at home. 2023-07-2427 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: Al Carter"The rules exist for your safety and that of your crew." Al Carter is leader of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Sifting through 50 ways to do anything is methodical and detail-oriented work.  Finding consistency and pushing for continuity is even worse. Listen in to Al Carter's story and what he fights for pharmacy every day.  2023-07-1726 minRxperienceRxperienceA More Perfect Union: The Labor Challenge in LTCEven prior to the pandemic, staffing in nursing homes and the LTC space was struggling, particularly with nurse assistants and pharmacy technicians.  Where does it stand now?  Are there solutions on the horizon? 2023-07-1051 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of the Industry 2: Will HalletChad fancies himself as a quintessential consultant pharmacist but no one speaks as passionately and eloquently on consulting pharmacy like Will Hallett. Join Tom and Chad as they explore how Will got here and why he is so motivated to push the role of the pharmacist in older adult medicine.   2023-07-0337 minRxperienceRxperienceLeading not Bleeding: Vaccination in LTCThe public, the government and the nursing homes all asked pharmacists to vaccinate during the pandemic and flexibilities were granted on a national scale to clear the path for pharmacists to vaccinate and vaccinate they did. Now as the pandemic winds downs, opportunity exists for a better way forward. Join special guest Chad Kodiak who has mastered this latest opportunity for pharmacy in LTC.   2023-06-2639 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Short Cyle DispensingShort Cycle reimbursement was started with the rollout of Affordable Care Act.  The goal was to incentivize long term care pharmacies to dispense medications in short cycle to control cost and decrease waste.  Short Cycle benefits the nursing home customer but is also a revenue growth strategy  pharmacies. 2023-06-2032 minRxperienceRxperiencePillars of Industry: TJ Griffin"This Iowa farm boy will play for awhile but, in the end it sounds like he's searching for the truth." TJ Griffin stands out in LTC pharmacy... maybe out in a field... but a field of pharmacy dreams. We explore how he got here and why he fights so hard for his profession. 2023-06-1241 minRxperienceRxperienceRage Against the Machine: Pharmacy Benefit ManagersSince the dawning of managed care, our health care system started fighting with itself between quality care and business efficiency. The two philosophies struggle to coexist. PBMs are the tip of the spear and represents the fiercest battle in the dollars vs. lives war. 2023-06-0537 minRxperienceRxperienceHope.2023-05-2944 minRxperienceRxperienceFear.It started with Omnicare in the 1990s and today it is groups like Amazon. LTC pharmacy has always eyed the end of itself and major shifts in health care delivery drive those feelings of impending doom. Demystifying these concerns, recognizing that they are actually signs of a healthy and positive industry direction is where focus should be. 2023-05-2231 minRxperienceRxperienceLTC Pharmacy Today Requires a Knowledge of It’s HistoryStanding on the shoulders of giants, today's LTC pharmacists fight for clinical services and access to patients that they have become experts at managing. Providing reimbursable services through vaccinations, relationships with physicians at aiming at medically complex older adults outside nursing homes and assisted living centers dominates ASCP's policy and legislative agenda. 2023-05-1541 minRxperienceRxperienceLTC Pharmacy Golden Age Continued2023-05-0838 minRxperienceRxperienceApril 1981- Long Term Care Pharmacy Enters it’s Golden AgeYears of innovation and establishing procedures culminate in a system that is scalable and pharmacies consolidate into regional and national players. It all starts... where else?  In Cincinnati, Ohio. 2023-05-0148 minRxperienceRxperienceThe Origin StoryASCP leads in representing long term care pharmacy and senior care pharmacists, and we are thrilled to introduce ASCP’s newest podcast, RxPerience. Hosted by ASCP’s CEO, Chad Worz and longtime member and industry expert, Tom Hanzel, this podcast offers historical perspectives, interviews with iconoclasts and innovative strategies to help pharmacists and pharmacies thrive.  With over 50 years of combined experience in long-term care pharmacy experience clinically, regulatory, operational, and with pharmacy automation, Chad and Tom have enough information to be dangerous and, at the very least, drop some pearls of wisdom that enhances business and practice.  But that’s not al...2023-04-2434 minRxperienceRxperienceTrailer2023-03-1600 min