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January 2013 VOLUME 35, Issue 1

Georgia Pharmacy in 2013? GPhA President Robert Hatton Gives His Resolutions for 2013

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January 2013 Editor: Jim Bracewell jbracewell@gpha.org Managing Editor: Kim McNeely kmcneely@gpha.org The Georgia Pharmacy Journal® (GPJ) is the official publication of the Georgia Pharmacy Association, Inc. (GPhA). Copyright © 2012, Georgia Pharmacy Association, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy, recording or information storage retrieval systems, without prior written permission from the publisher and managing editor. All views expressed in bylined articles are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily express the views or policies of the editors, officers or members of the Georgia Pharmacy Association. ARTICLES AND ARTWORK Those interested in writing for this publication are encouraged to request the official “GPJ Guidelines for Writers.” Artists or photographers wishing to submit artwork for use on the cover should call, write or email jbracewell@gpha.org. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CHANGE OF ADDRESS The Georgia Pharmacy Journal® (GPJ) (ISSN 1075-6965) is distributed as a regular membership service, paid for through allocation of membership dues. Subscription rate for non-members is $50.00 per year domestic and $10.00 per single copy; international rates $65.00 per year and $20.00 single copy. Subscriptions are not available for non-GPhA member pharmacists licensed and practicing in Georgia. The Georgia Pharmacy Journal® (GPJ) (ISSN 1075-6965) is published monthly by the GPhA, 50 Lenox Pointe, NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. Periodicals postage paid at Atlanta, GA and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Georgia Pharmacy Journal®, 50 Lenox Pointe, NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. ADVERTISING Advertising copy deadline and rates are available upon request. All advertising and production orders should be sent to the GPhA headquarters at jbracewell@gpha.org. GPhA HEADQUARTERS 50 Lenox Pointe, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30324 t 404-231-5074 f 404-237-8435

CONTENTS

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Message From Robert Hatton................................................

Message From Jim Bracewell.................................................

Welcome New GPhA Members..............................................

CPPA Pharmacy Site Accreditation Program ......................

Call for GPhA Award Entrees..................................................

Associations as “Fifth Estate”.................12-12

Voice In Pharmacy Day .............................................................................

PharmPAC Supporters........................................................

Continuing Education for Pharmacists..........................

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MESSAGE from Robert Hatton Robert Hatton

GPhA President

Happy New Year ! According to the Mayans, we weren’t supposed to be here, but it looks like we muddled through another dire prediction, once again. Our industry seems to continue to exist, as well. Not very long ago, I was told by someone who had been at this awhile that he was informed that opening a pharmacy would be the absolute worst thing he could do. What with these “chains and all” you won’t make it a year......That was 1968. We have had to change and we will continue to have to change. In fact, change is the only constant I have found in our industry or anyone elses. Something we will be able to continue to rely on, however, is the dedication of GPhA to go to bat for its membership and pharmacists of Georgia. We have a lot of activity in the next few weeks here at GPhA. Our January Board of Directors meeting will be held January 20th at the Wyndam Galleria. By then we will know much more about the legislative session as it will have already begun. Every year there are challenges that we are not aware of until the session kicks off. Sometime we need lots of feedback from our members and calls to their legislators. Please be aware of this and plan on making calls when asked. Also, don’t forget that VIP Day February 14, 2013, will be our chance to show the legislators that we can get pharmacists involved in their profession. We are expecting our largest crowd yet, so plan to be there. This time of year people usually make resolutions, as far as your profession goes, I would like to suggest some. 1. Dedicate yourself daily to making yourself and the profession better. 2. Communicate with local business leaders about the benefits of independent pharmacy, after all, they are involved in choosing the plans used by their employees 3. Decide to get active in your state association. Sending your money is good, but being actively engaged and serving is better. 4. Approach the new year enthusiastically. We all know there are many changes headed our way with the affordable care act. Lets expand our services and prove our worth as this new approach to healthcare evolves. From all of us on the Executive Committee and the staff at GPhA, here’s wishing you a prosperous and Happy New Year !

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Ten Years Running, Pharmacists Ranked in Top Three in Gallup Integrity Survey Alexandria, Va. – For the tenth consecutive year, Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics survey reveals that pharmacists have ranked in the top three. In this year’s survey, pharmacists ranked second only to nurses and ahead of doctors, moving up two rankings from last year’s survey. The survey, released on December 3, measures the public’s trust of professionals across diverse disciplines, including but not limited to healthcare.

importance of taking medications as prescribed. In addition, community pharmacists administer vaccinations, including flu shots as well as other vaccinations, and provide preventive health and education screenings, as well as disease management,” said Anderson. “Pharmacists are also innovators, working to help electronically integrate health and prescription records, which will help in providing better overall patient care and help reduce administrative costs.”

“This year’s Gallup survey further emphasizes that pharmacists truly are the face of neighborhood healthcare, serving as accessible healthcare providers with nearly all Americans living within five miles of a community pharmacy,” said National Association of Chain Drug Stores President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) represents traditional drug stores, supermarkets, and mass merchants with pharmacies – from regional chains with four stores to national companies. Chains operate more than 41,000 pharmacies and employ more than 3.8 million employees, including 132,000 pharmacists.

“Their second place ranking this year illustrates that pharmacists are highly-trusted medical professionals, with a minimum of six years of professional education to receive their degree and license. Not only do community pharmacists dispense prescription medications, but they also provide a number of health services that help patients improve their health and also reduce healthcare costs,” said Anderson.

They fill over 2.7 billion prescriptions annually, which is more than 72 percent of annual prescriptions in the United States. The total economic impact of all retail stores with pharmacies transcends their over $1 trillion in annual sales. Every $1 spent in these stores creates a ripple effect of $1.81 in other industries, for a total economic impact of $1.81 trillion, equal to 12 percent of GDP.

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MESSAGE from Jim Bracewell My Pharmacy Predictions for 2013 Jim Bracewell

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The interesting thing about writing an article like this is that it can come back to haunt you. However, I feel rather confident in the GPhA leadership, its membership and the GPhA team to make these predictions come true: 1. The legislature will consider the unregulated business practices of pharmacy benefits managers in Georgia and will address changes in the law to better protect the community pharmacy from PBM profit driven; manipulative activities that harm patients access to quality local pharmacy services. 2. The Georgia Board of Pharmacy, by legislative action will become an autonomous regulatory board removed from under the Secretary of State office and allowed to function much like the Composite Board of Medical Examiners, thus improving service to the profession and better protection of patients from illegal delivery of prescription drugs to the public. 3. The expansion of the number of immunizations delivered by pharmacists under a protocol. The immunization rates of our population in Georgia are a healthcare embarrassment and result in significant dollars added to the cost of healthcare for diseases easily prevented by patients’ improved access to needed immunizations. It is time Georgia led the nation rather ending up at the tail end in most areas. 4. The prescription pad paper and seal issue will be addressed to relieve pharmacists and prescribers from undue paperwork. 5. GPhA’s “Voice In Pharmacy” VIP Day at the State Capitol will be the largest in the Association’s history and will provide visible evidence to our friends in the state legislature that the profession of pharmacy is ready to address the improved future of healthcare in Georgia by the broader utilization of pharmacists in the delivery of patient mediation therapy care. How many of these five predictions will be fulfilled in 2013? I plan to give a full report on each prediction at the 2013 GPhA Annual Meeting and Convention in Amelia Island on June 22-26, 2013. If I miss these predications, throw me in the Atlantic surf, suit and all, but if I am correct how about you inviting just one of your pharmacy friends to join GPhA, the best state pharmacy association in the country. We can do more with a larger association. That is not a dream, that is a simply fact of life. You want a more secure career. You want an improved profession of pharmacy. You can make it happen, one member at a time. Happy 2013!!

WELCOME New GPhA Members Parker McConnell Mercer University Warner Robins, GA Flowice Miller Active Pharmacist Blairsville, GA

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Martina McCauley New Graduate (2nd year) Gainesville, GA Carlene French-Cross Wingate School of Pharmacy Snellville, GA

The members of GPhA would like to welcome all our new members and encourage them to take advantage of all the benefits membership offers.

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CPPA Pharmacy Site Accreditation Program Standards for a pharmacy practice site accreditation will soon be finalized following the Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (CPPA) call for input from pharmacists, health care system stakeholders, consumer groups, and patients. As a partnership between NABP and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), CPPA principals, policies, and standards have benefited from collaboration from initiation to implementation. A community pharmacy practice accreditation concept was initiated by NABP in 2008 when the NABP Task Force to Review Accreditation Standards for Community Pharmacy convened to discuss possible standards. The task force recommended that the Association move forward with establishing a community pharmacy accreditation, and NABP began researching and planning for the initiative. In 2010, the Association established a steering committee, including APhA and many other stakeholders, to begin developing the principals and standards of the accreditation program. Under the guidance of that committee, NABP launched a demonstration project to evaluate the draft program standards. The committee met in January and December of 2011 to approve the standards and evaluate the results of the demonstration project. In March 2012, NABP and APhA partnered to establish CPPA in order to develop and implement comprehensive programs of pharmacy practice site accreditation. CPPA has contracted with APhA to continue development of consensusbased standards for the accreditation. The standards benefited from input from a wide variety of

commenters, and also from the work of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four supporting committees, which are composed of a broad group of stakeholders. The CPPA Board of Directors oversees the development and implementation of the pharmacy accreditation program, and is staffed with equal representation from NABP and APhA. Members include: -Chair: Thomas E. Menighan, BSPharm, MBA, ScD (Hon), FAPhA, Executive Vice President and CEO, APhA -Lowell Anderson, DSc, FAPhA, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota -Baeteena Black, DPh, Executive Director, Tennessee Pharmacists Association -Carmen A. Catizone, MS, RPh, DPh, Executive Director/Secretary, NABP -Patricia Flemma Donato, RPh, President/Member, Capital Pharmacy Consultants, LLC -Dan Luce, MBA, RPh, National Director of Pharmacy Affairs, Walgreens The CPPA Standards Development Oversight Committee is chaired by APhA and responsible for the strategic oversight of standards development and maintenance. Members include: -Chair: Marialice Bennett, RPh, FAPhA, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy -Howard C. Anderson, Jr, RPh, Executive Director, North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy -Robert Greenwood, BSPharm, President and CEO, Greenwood Drug, Inc -Edward McGinley, MBA, RPh, Vice President of Pharmacy, Chain

Drug Consortium, LLC and NABP Executive Committee Member -Elliott Sogol, PhD, RPh, FAPhA, Group Manager, Professional Services, Target Corp. -Theresa Tolle, RPh, FAPhA, President, Bay Street Pharmacy, Inc -Jeanne D. Waggener, RPh, Pharmacy Manager, Wal-Mart Pharmacy and NABP Executive Committee Member The CPPA Process Oversight Committee is led by NABP and will develop and implement an accreditation process based upon the consensusbased pharmacy practice accreditation standards. Members include: -Chair: Malcolm J. Broussard, RPh, Executive Director, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, and NABP Executive Committee Chairperson -Mark Boesen, PharmD, Specialist, University of Arizona Medication Management Center -Matt Osterhaus, BSPharm, FASCP, FAPhA, Co-owner, Osterhaus Pharmacy -Rich Palombo, RPh, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Express Scripts. -Walt Slijepcevich, RPh, Senior Director Pharmacy Development, Pfizer, Inc -Donna S. Wall, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, Indiana University Hospital The APhA Community Pharmacy Practice Standards Development Working Committee is composed of diverse stakeholders representing different sectors of pharmacy practice. This committee will continue development of the standards for community pharmacy practice accreditation, utilizing the work done by NABP and APhA, and will use a consensus-based process including a public comment period.

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- BJ Cobb, BSPharm, Pharmacy Professional Services Manager, WinnDixie Stores, Inc -Tracy Furgiuele, BSPharm, Senior Vice President & Chief Pharmacist, Express Scripts -Margherita R. Giuliano, RPh, CAE, Executive Vice President, Connecticut Pharmacists Association -Jeff Goad, PharmD, MPH, Associate Professor & Vice Chair, University

CPPA will contract with NABP to administer the accreditation process. NABP and APhA are equal representatives and share responsibility in CPPA. CPPA is scheduled to make the accreditation program available to applicants by the end of 2012.

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-Chair: Marialice Bennett, RPh, FAPhA, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy -Jose Cervantes, PharmD, Assistant Manager, Pharmacy Professional Services, H-E-B Grocery Company, LP

-Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging -Bill Osborn, PharmD, President, Osborn Drugs, Inc -Mike Podgurski, RPh, Vice President Pharmacy Operations, Rite Aid Corp. -John Thornton, BSPharm, Director, Pharmacy Initiatives, Blue Cross Blue Shield -Laura White, BSPharm, Pharmacy Networks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Provider Relations, Humana, Inc

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of Southern California, School of Pharmacy -Stuart Haines, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Services, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy -Brian C. Jensen, RPh, FACA, Consultant, Lakeshore Apothacare Inc/ Pharmacy Solutions -Dan Kennedy, RPh, FAPhA, Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager, Oregon Health and Science University -Brian K. Komoto, PharmD, President and CEO, Komoto Healthcare -Winnie Landis, BSPharm, CDE, FAPhA, Pharmacist, CVS/Pharmacy -Debbie Mack, RPh, CHC, Director, Corporate Compliance, Health and Wellness Practice Compliance, WalMart Stores, Inc -Lynnae Mahaney, MBA, RPh, FASHP, VHA-CM, Assistant Chief, Pharmacy Services, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

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Call for GPhA Awards!

he GPhA Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the following awards which will be presented at the GPhA 138th Annual Convention in 2013. A brief description and criteria of each award is included below. Please select the award for which you would like to nominate someone and indicate their name on the form below. Deadline for submitting the completed nomination form is March 1, 2013. Nominations will be received by the Awards Committee and an individual will be selected for presentation of the Award at GPhA’s 138th Annual Convention at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, FL.

Bowl of Hygeia Award

Recognized as the most prestigious award in pharmacy, the Bowl of Hygeia is presented annually by GPhA and all state pharmacy associations. Selection Criteria: 1) The nominee must be a licensed Georgia pharmacist; 2) The Award is not made posthumously; 3) The nominee is not a previous recipient of the Award; 4) The nominee is not currently serving nor has served within the immediate past two years as an officer of GPhA other than ex-officio capacity or its awards committee; 5) The nominee has an outstanding record of service to the community which reflects will on the profession.

Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award

Created in 1987 to recognize the achievements of young pharmacists in the profession, the Award has quickly become one of GPhA’s most prestigious awards. The purpose of the Award is two-fold: 1) The encourage new pharmacists to participate in association and community activities, and 2) To annually

recognize an individual in each state for involvement in and dedication to the pharmacy profession. Selection Criteria: 1) The nominee must have received entry degree in pharmacy less than ten years ago; 2) Nominee must be a licensed Georgia pharmacist; 3) Nominee must be a GPhA member in the year of selection; 4) Nominee must be actively engaged in pharmacy practice; 5) Nominee must have participated in pharmacy association programs or activities and community service projects.

Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award

This Award is presented annually to a practicing pharmacist who has demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice which has resulted in improved patient care. Selection Criteria: 1) The nominee must have demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice which has resulted in improved patient care; 2) Nominee must be a licensed Georgia pharmacist; 3) Nominee must be a member of the GPhA in the year of selection.

Generation Rx Champions Award

This award is presented annually to a pharmacist who has demonstrated work with prescription drug abuse. This award gives honor the recipient with a plaque and a $500 to the charity of the recipients choice. Selection Criteria: 1) Nominee must a have demonstrated a committed effort to reduce prescription drug abuse 2) Nominee must be a licensed Georgia Pharmacist. 3) Nominee must be a member of the Georgia Pharmacy Association in the year of the selection.

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College/School of Pharmacy List of professional activities, state/national pharmacy organization affiliations, and/or local civic church activities: Supporting information: Submitted by (optional): Submit this form completed by March 1, 2013 to: GPhA Awards Committee, 50 Lenox Pointe, Atlanta, GA 30324 or complete this form online at www.gpha.org.

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Thomas Menighan, right, accepts a julep cup from Dean Svein Øie. The cup is the traditional gift to Kenneth L. Waters lecturers.

APhA Leader Presented At 30th Anniversary Event “It’s an exciting time to be a pharmacist” was the topic of the 30th anniversary Kenneth L. Waters lecture at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Thomas Menighan, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), made the presentation. Prior to his current role at APhA, Menighan was founder and president of SynTegra Solutions, Inc., in Germantown, Maryland. The company provides supply chain and charge back auditing and consulting in risk management, 340B systems, anti-counterfeiting, and the technology of medication information. Menighan also founded SymRx, Inc., and developed CornerDrugstore. com. Throughout his career, Menighan has served volunteers roles within the profession of pharmacy, including presi-

dent of APhA from 2001 to 2002 and a member of the APhA Board of Trustees between 1995 and 2003. He was a senior staff member of APhA from 1987 to 1992. While on staff as senior director of external affairs, he managed state affairs, public relations, new business development, and practice management issues.

science in pharmacy in 1974 from West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and a master of business administration in 1990 from Averett College. In 2011 he received an honorary doctor of science degree from West Virginia University and in 2010 was awarded a doctor of science degree by the University of Charleston (West Virginia.)

His other professional experiences include management of the PharMark Corporation, creator of RationalMed, and licensor of systems for states to conduct drug utilization review for millions of state Medicaid enrollees. Menighan also founded and was a 20-year Medicine Shoppe owner in Huntington, West Virginia, and he is currently a partner in Pharmacy Associates, Inc., a multistage specialty pharmacy that today serves patients in much of the United States.

The Kenneth L. Waters Lecture Series was started in 1982 to honor the late Dean Emeritus Kenneth L. Waters who was dean of the College from 1948 until his retirement in 1977. The purpose of the lecture series is to bring nationally and internationally known leaders in pharmacy to the UGA campus and to recognize Waters’ outstanding accomplishments and contributions as dean.

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Associations Deserve Distinction as “The Fifth Estate” of American Democracy By Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE On the occasion of this event, where we salute association leadership at numerous levels, I would like to submit a proposition for your consideration. As a proposition, by definition, it is capable of being believed, doubted or denied. I will let you decide. However, I am firmly convinced it is true. I have not heard this discussed before, so it’s possible that in the long history of associations, we are breaking new ground today. So here is my proposition: Associations, in the 21st century, have become the Fifth Estate of our American democracy. What do I mean by the proposition that associations have become the Fifth Estate in our 21st century democracy? To answer the question, we need to understand the history of the term “estate.” It dates back to feudal days, when three groups very broadly possessed political power — the clergy, the military and administrators — and worked out some loose arrangements for their mutual loyalty and protection. The concept grew up from there. In the years leading up to the French Revolution, three estates shared the power in France — the “lords spiritual,” or the clergy; the “lords temporal,” or the nobility; and the bourgeoisie, or the very wealthy. A similar concept took a slightly different shape in Great Britain, with the three estates being the priesthood (through the Church of England, recognized by the government and headed by the British sovereign); the aristocracy of the House of Lords, composed of the Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual; and the commons, composed of the elected members of the House of Commons, representing the people. These three-estate systems did not materialize out of nothing. They evolved as they did so each estate of political power

provided a strong counterbalance to the other two. They were the earliest system of checks and balances, with each estate in place to ensure that neither of the other estates became too strong. The clergy couldn’t dominate — but then again, neither could the nobility and neither could “the people,” whether they were people of wealth or people of more common means.

States, guaranteeing that leaders could not abridge the freedom of the press. So there we have, in official form, the first four estates of our country.

It turned out that three estates were not enough: Someone needed to keep an eye on the people in power. So the concept of a “Fourth Estate” — what we know today as the free press – emerged. Scottish philosopher, historian and economist James Mill originated the concept of the “watchdog” function of the press in a democracy. He advocated a free press to keep an eye on the conduct of individuals who had chosen to wield the powers of government. The actual term “The Fourth Estate” is attributed to the British statesman Edmund Burke, who is said to have been sitting one day in the Reporters’ Gallery at Parliament and said of the press, “There sits the Fourth Estate, more important than they all.”

I look to an indispensable authority for this. After you leave this event, go to a book store and spend ten dollars to buy a paperback version of the book “Democracy in America,” by Alexis de Tocqueville. You only need to read two chapters: Volume I, Part 2, Chapter 4, entitled “Political Associations in the United States,” published in 1835, and Volume II, Part 2, Chapter 5, entitled, “The Use Americans Make of Public Associations in Civil Life,” published in 1840.

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America, arguably the greatest generation of Americans, established a unique, experimental and untested form of democracy, which divided the powers of government among three branches. This was a new concept of the “three estates.” Through our Constitution, they carefully crafted the legislative, the executive and the judiciary branches with an elaborate method of checks and balances. In a young nation which had just won its independence from an authoritarian British monarch, these checks and balances were of the highest priority. A few years later, in 1791, our forefathers officially codified the role of the Fourth Estate – the free press – in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United

Which brings us to the proposition that associations are the Fifth Estate in our American democracy. I maintain that the seeds of my proposition can be traced back to our nation’s earliest history.

In these chapters you will find the seed — and, as I said, an indispensable authority — for my proposition to you today: That associations have evolved in our 21st century democracy into the “Fifth Estate.” The reason you can find “Democracy in America” in bookstores 169 years after Tocqueville published Volume I and 164 years after he published Volume II is because, in my judgment, after the “Federalist Papers,” it is the most influential political text ever written on America. Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant who made a nine-month journey throughout the young country in 1831, was amazed by how Americans formed associations and voluntarily joined a variety of private groups that encouraged commerce, industry, science, culture, public safety, and religion. Isaac Kramnick, a Cornell University government professor, writes that Tocqueville believed America’s voluntary associations — whose members

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“The Fifth Estate” continued included Americans of every class and interest — were “people-made, democratic substitutes” for the nobility and clergy of the estate system of the old order in pre-revolutionary France. Associations in America, Tocqueville said, served as mediators between individuals and the state, acting as an important guard against tyranny.

“The freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas,” the high court wrote, “is an inseparable aspect of the ‘liberty’ assured in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which embraces freedom of speech.” (NAACP v. Alabama ex. rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449, 460-641 (1958). Other Supreme Court cases echo that position.

our democracy. As public policy advocates, associations are a counterbalance to the other estates who hold power in our system: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary branches of government, and the press.

But the American democracy is not all about government. The very unique aspect of our American democracy is that it is all about the common man having It is clear that, from the Court’s opinthe equality of opportunity, the equality Tocqueville observed that Americans ions, Americans’ right to association of rights and the equality of treatment. were enthusiastically involved So even if your association in associations not only to does not have a government check the abuse of power, but relations program as its highto check excessive individualest priority, your association “I believe our associations make the ism. Working through associaand professional society allow tions took Americans outside the individual in America to American democracy themselves, Tocqueville work with others for common argued, drawing them away goals — goals that enhance from a preoccupation with a stronger system, and make the United the profession, occupation or private interests, and turning industry you serve. Goals that them to a shared common States of America a better place in which enhance America. need and sympathy for others. I believe our associations I think all of us here today to live. America is and will continue to make the American democknow what a very keen and racy a stronger system, and important observation that be the land of opportunity. Associations make the United States of was. America a better place in To support my argument, I which to live. America is and provide that opportunity for all suggest that our Founding will continue to be the land of Fathers felt so strongly about opportunity. Associations proAmericans.” the role of associations in our vide that opportunity for all American democracy that they Americans. No matter where codified the Fourth Estate and they live in this vast land, no the Fifth Estate together in matter their station in life, the same place — the First Amendment through the enthusiasm and commitment derives directly from the First Amendto the United States Constitution. The of our millions of members, associations ment and its guarantees of freedom of First Amendment did more than ensure give all Americans a seat at the table in speech, assembly and petition. And at freedom of the press. It also guaranteed our democracy. times, the right of association has been Americans the freedom of speech, the referred to by the Court as a separate, When misguided and misinformed critright to assemble and the right to petiindependent freedom protected by the ics attack the association community, tion the government for a redress of First Amendment. always remind them of what the late grievances. I have no doubt whatsoever that the time United States Supreme Court Justice The First Amendment has been put to Thurgood Marshall said: “Millions of has come today for us to aggressively the test many, many times since it was Americans speaking in unison is not a and enacted, and a look at legal history corruption of the democratic political shows that our highest courts are mainUnapologetically assert that associations process; it is the democratic political taining the sanctity of the associations process.” are absolutely vital in the life of our nathe forefathers sought to protect. tion and those associations are truly the Fifth Estate in our American democracy. The proposition is this: Associations In 1958, following tumultuous years have become the Fifth Estate in our 21st that saw some states looking for ways century American democracy. Let the As James Mill said about the “watchto rein in the NAACP, the United States debate begin. dog” role of the press, I maintain that Supreme Court affirmed a truth that it today, associations keep an eye on the called “beyond debate”: conduct of others who wield power in

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nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 VIP Day at the Capitol

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VIP Day The Georgia Railroad Freight Depot -Freight Room (Across from the Capitol Building)

65 Martin Luther King Drive, SE, Atlanta, GA 30335

- Schedule of Events *Note: Schedule of events is tentative. We will continue to update you as it becomes permanent.

6:00 am - Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens with Coffee 6:30 am - GPhA Attendee Orientation 7:00 am - Breakfast with Your Legislator(s) 8:00 am - Presentation of GPhA Legislator of the Year Award and Closing Remarks 9:15 am - Group Photo on the Capitol Steps 10:00 am - Tour of the Georgia Capitol Building Special GPhA Recognitions to Be Made by Georgia House and Senate Members Plan to wear your white coat and make your presence known at the Capitol. Parking directions available online.

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New Contributors are Highlighted in Yellow.

Diamond Level

$4,800 minimum pledge Cynthia K. Moon

Titanium Level

$2,400 minimum pledge T.M. Bridges, R.Ph. Ben Cravey, R.Ph. Michael E. Farmer, R.Ph. David B. Graves, R.Ph. Raymond G Hickman, R.Ph. Ted M. Hunt, R.Ph. Robert A. Ledbetter, R.Ph. Jeffrey L. Lurey, R.Ph. Marvin O. McCord, R.Ph. Scott Meeks, R.Ph. Judson Mullican, R.Ph. Mark Parris, Pharm.D. Loren B. Pierce, R.Ph. Fred F. Sharpe, R.Ph. Jeff Sikes, R.Ph. Dean Stone, R.Ph., CDM

Platinum Level

$1,200 minimum pledge Ralph W. Balchin, R.Ph. Robert Bowles, Jr., R.Ph., CDM, Cfts Jim R. Bracewell Thomas E. Bryan Jr., R.Ph. William G. Cagle, R.Ph. Hugh M. Chancy, R.Ph. Keith E. Chapman, R.Ph. Dale M. Coker, R.Ph., FIACP Billy Conley R.Ph. John Ashley Dukes, R.Ph. Jack Dunn, Jr. R.Ph.

Neal Florence, R.Ph. Andy Freeman Martin T. Grizzard, R.Ph. Robert M. Hatton, Pharm.D. Ted Hunt, R.Ph. Alan M. Jones, R.Ph. Ira Katz, R.Ph. Hal M. Kemp, Pharm.D. George B. Launius, R.Ph. Brandall S. Lovvorn, Pharm.D. Eddie M. Madden, R.Ph. Jonathan Marquess, Pharm.D., CDE, CPT Pam Marquess, Pharm.D. Kenneth A. McCarthy, R.Ph. Drew Miller, R.Ph., CDM Laird Miller, R.Ph. Jay Mosley, R.Ph. Allen Partridge, R.Ph. Houston Lee Rogers, Pharm.D., CDM Tim Short, R.Ph. Benjamin Lake Stanley, Pharm.D. Danny Toth, R.Ph. Christopher Thurmond, Pharm.D. Tommy Whitworth, R.Ph.,CDM

Gold Level

$600 minimum pledge James Bartling, Pharm.D., ADC, CACII Larry L. Braden, R. Ph. William F. Brewster, R.Ph. Bruce L. Broadrick, Sr., R.Ph.

Liza G. Chapman, Pharm.D. Craig W. Cocke, R.Ph. J. Ernie Culpepper, R.Ph. Mahlon Davidson, R.Ph., CDM Benjamin Keith Dupree, Sr., R.Ph Kevin M. Florence, Pharm.D. Kerry A. Griffin, R.Ph. James Jordan, Pharm.D. Ed Kalvelage John D. Kalvelage Steve D. Kalvelage Marsha C. Kapiloff, R.Ph. Earl W. Marbut, R.Ph. John W. McKinnon, Jr., R.Ph. Robert B. Moody, R.Ph. Sherri S. Moody, Pharm.D. William A. Moye, R.Ph. Anthony Boyd Ray, R.Ph. Jeffrey Grady Richardson, R.Ph. Andy Rogers, R.Ph. Daniel C. Royal, Jr., R.Ph. John Thomas Sherrer, R.Ph. Sharon Mills Sherrer, Pharm.D. Michael T. Tarrant Mark H. White, R.Ph. Henry Dallas Wilson, III, Pharm.D.

Silver Level

$300 minimum pledge Renee D. Adamson, Pharm.D. Larry L Batten, R. Ph. Ed Stevens Dozier, R.Ph. Terry Dunn, R.Ph. Charles Alan Earnest, R.Ph. Marshall L. Frost, Pharm.D. Johnathan Wyndell Hamrick,

Thanks To All Our Supporters

New Contributors are Highlighted in Yellow. Pharm.D. James A. Harris, Jr., R.Ph. Michael O. Iteogu, Pharm.D. Joshua D. Kinsey, Pharm.D. Willie O. Latch, R.Ph. Kalen Porter Manasco, Pharm.D. Michael L. McGee, R.Ph. William J. McLeer, R.Ph. Sheri D. Mills, C.Ph.T. Richard Noell, R.Ph. Leslie Ernest Ponder, R.Ph. William Lee Prather, R.Ph. Kristy Lanford Pucylowski, Pharm.D. Ola Reffell, R.Ph. Edward Franklin Reynolds, R.Ph. Sukhmani Kaur Sarao, Pharm.D. David J. Simpson, R.Ph. James N. Thomas, R.Ph. Archie R. Thompson, Jr., R.Ph. Alex S. Tucker, Pharm.D. William H. Turner, R.Ph. Flynn W. Warren, M.S., R.Ph. Walter Alan White, R.Ph. Charles W. Wilson, Jr., R.Ph. Steve Wilson, Pharm.D. William T. Wolfe, R.Ph. Sharon Zerillo, R.Ph.

Bronze Level

$150 minimum pledge Sylvia Ann Davis Adams,R.Ph. Monica M. Ali-Warren, R.Ph. Julie Wickman Bierster, Pharm.D. Nicholas O. Bland, Pharm.D. Lance P. Boles, R.Ph. Michael A. Crooks, Pharm.D. William Crowley, R.Ph. 18

Rabun E. Deckle, Pharm.D. Helen DuBiner, Pharm.D. Charles Alan Earnest, R.Ph. Vaspar Eddings, R.Ph. Randall W. Ellison, R.Ph. Mary Ashley Faulk, Pharm.D. James W. Fetterman, Jr., Pharm.D. Amanda R. Gaddy, R.Ph. Charles C. Gass, R.Ph. Winton C. Harris, Jr., R.Ph. Lura Elizabeth Jarrett, Pharm.D. Anabelle D. Keohane, Pharm.D. Brenton Lake, R.Ph. Allison L. Layne, C.Ph.T. William E. Lee, R.Ph. Tracie D. Lunde, Pharm.D. Michael Lewis, Pharm.D. Ashley Sherwood London Shad Jason Sutherland Max A. Mason, R.Ph. Amanda McCall, Pharm.D. Susan W. McLeer, R.Ph. Sheila D. Miller, R.Ph. Natalie Nielsen Amanda Rose Paisley, Pharm.D. Donald J. Piela, Jr, Rose Pinkstaff, R.Ph. Sara W. Reece Pharm.D., BC-ADM, CDE Leonard Franklin Reynolds, R.Ph. Don K. Richie, R.Ph. Laurence Neil Ryan, Pharm.D. Richard Brian Smith, R.Ph. Benjamin Lake Stanley, Pharm.D. Dana E. Strickland, R.Ph. Charles Storey, III, R.Ph. Archie Thompson, Jr., R.Ph. William C. Thompson, R.Ph.

G.H. Thurmond, R.Ph. Carrie-Anne Wilson Max Wilson Sharon B. Zerillo, R.Ph. Christy Zwygart, Pharm.D.

Members

No minimum pledge G.M. Atkinson, R.Ph. Robert C. Ault, R.Ph. Mary S. Bates, R.Ph. Fred W. Barber, R.Ph. Lucinda F. Burroughs, R.Ph. Henry Cobb, III, R.Ph., CDM Jean N. Courson, R.Ph. Guy Anderson Cox, R.Ph. Carleton C. Crabill, R.Ph. Wendy A. Dorminey, Pharm.D., CDM James Fetterman, Jr., Pharm.D. Charles A. Fulmer, R.Ph. Thomas Bagby Garner Jr., R.Ph. Kimberly Dawn Grubbs, R.Ph. Christopher Gurley, Pharm.D. Fred C. Gurley, R.Ph. Keith Herist, Pharm.D., AAHIVE, CPA William “Woody” Hunt, Jr., RPh Carey B. Jones, R.Ph. Susan M Kane, R.Ph. Randall T. Maret, R.Ph. Ralph K. Marett, R.Ph.,M.S. Darby R. Norman, R.Ph. Christopher Brown Painter, R.Ph. Whitney B. Pickett, R.Ph. Robert J. Probst, Jr. Pharm.D. Terry Donald Shaw, Pharm.D. Negin Sovaidi - Moon Charles Iverson Storey III, R.Ph. James E. Stowe, Jr., R.Ph. James R. Strickland, R.Ph. Carey Austin Vaughan, Pharm.D. Erica Lynn Veasley, R.Ph. The Georgia Pharmacy Journal

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Dale Coker Named Vice President of International Organization

Dale Coker, RPh, FIACP, GPhA member, was elected vicepresident of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, in a recent election. Coker is the past president of Cherokee-Pickens Pharmacy Association, has served as chairman of the Compounding Section of The Georgia Pharmacy Association’s Academy of Independent Pharmacy, and has held several offices with the Georgia Pharmacy Association, including President for 2010-2011. In 2006, Dale was recognized by his peers at the Georgia Pharmacy Association Convention as the recipient of

the Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award. This election in IACP follows his prestigious achievement of obtaining fellowship designation by that Association. The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is an association representing more than 2,700 pharmacists, techni cians, students, and members of the compounding community who focus upon the specialty practice of pharmacy compounding. Coker will serve as president of IACP during the 2014 Association year.

Dale Coker RPh, FIACP

Andy Freeman of GPhA Named Among Top Lobbyists in Georgia by James Magazine Andy Freeman, GPhA Director of Government Affairs, was named by James Magazine as one of fifteen top lobbyists for associations in Georgia. The November 2012 issue of the magazine, published by Internet News Agency, is one of the most widely read magazines that focus on the politics of Georgia government. Freeman has served on various state boards and task forces in Georgia including the Workforce Investment Board for Georgia and Georgia’s Medicaid Modernization Task Force. Georgia Representative Butch Parrish said, “The GPHA is fortunate to have Andy representing Pharmacy at the Capitol. Andy works in a low key

Andy Freeman and famiily manner and is more interested in getting the job done than who gets the credit, “ Parrish said, “His years of experience, his knowledge of issues and creditability serves Pharmacy well. I am glad he is at the Capitol and that he is my friend.” Freeman has been featured in local, regional, national and international publications and media outlets.

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2012-2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Name

Position

L. Jack Dunn Chairman of the Board Robert M. Hatton President Pamala S. Marquess President-Elect Robert B. Moody First Vice President Thomas H. Whitworth Second Vice President Hugh M. Chancy State At Large Liza G. Chapman State At Large Keith N. Herist State At Large Joshua D. Kinsey State At Large Tracie D. Lunde State At Large Eddie M. Madden State At Large Jonathan G. Marquess State At Large Christine Somers 1st Region President Ed S. Dozier 2nd Region President Renee D. Adamson 3rd Region President Nicholas O. Bland 4th Region President Julie W. Bierster 5th Region President Sherri S. Moody 6th Region President Amanda McCall 7th Region President Michael Lewis 8th Region President Kristy L. Pucylowski 9th Region President Lance P. Boles 10th Region President Ashley London 11th Region President Ken Von Eiland 12th Region President Thomas R. Jeter ACP Chairman Sharon B. Zerillo AEP Chairman Archie R. Thompson AHP Chairman Drew Miller AIP Chairman Linda Gail Lowney APT Chairman Robert Bentley ASA Chairman John T. Sherrer Foundation Chairman Michael E. Farmer Insurance Trust Chairman Al McConnell Georgia Board of Pharmacy Chairman Kenneth G Jozefcyk Georgia Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Amy C. Grimsley Mercer Faculty Representative Rusty Fetterman South Faculty Representative Sukhmani K. Sarao UGA Faculty Representative Negin Sovaidi Moon ASP, Mercer University Amanda Brown ASP, South University James William Spence ASP President, UGA Jim Bracewell Executive Vice President

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This hands-on, one day seminar is full of walk-away-tools and is specifically designed to capitalize on the strengths of the community pharmacy. Community pharmacies are unparalleled in their customer focus and connection, but without the corporate machine available to the chain competition for merchandising, advertising, store layout, and external curb appeal, a large segment of local pharmacy patients may not know of the superior experience that awaits them in a community pharmacy. This program is designed to deliver the tools and knowledge the pharmacy owner needs to change the picture and create more pharmacy traffic and more profit. Topics: Creating Curb Appeal; OTC Basic to Advanced; Inventory: What, How Many and How Much; Moving Private Label ; Getting the Word Out – Message and Medium; Effective Signage; Trade Secrets: Stores Talking to Stores.       

Curb Appeal – Make them want to come inside! Take Home: Detailed checklist that will help the pharmacy staff get and keep the pharmacy looking its best every day. OTC Basic to Advanced – What sells best where lay out your merchandise where it fits best and sells the most. Take Home: Extensive listing of cross merchandising suggestions. Inventory –Tools to keep inventory fresh and best practices on pricing and presentation. Take Home: a hands-on section will focus on building an effective end-cap designed to attract customer attention and make sales. Private Label – A great opportunity for savings to the pharmacy and patient. Lean how to stock, promote, sign and up-sell private label. Take Home: Eye-Catching Sign Samples to use in your store. Marketing – How to effectively advertise to bring customers into your store. Take Home: Advertising check list to express your pharmacy’s value to customers. Selling Cards, Gifts and Seasonal – Stock and merchandise to save the customer a trip to another store and enhance a pharmacy’s image. Take Home: How to calculate investment and create a schedule to order, stock and sell. Stores Talking to Stores – Sharing, networking, and learning from fellow participants. This session focuses on success stories and best practices that will take what you have learned and what you already knew, and build a walk away plan for overhauling your pharmacy’s front-end.

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