North Carolina Association of Pharmacists 2021, Issue 4 of 12 ncpharmacists.org
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Advancing Pharmacy. Improving Health.
General News NCAP Participates in Stakeholder Meeting with Senators On April 22, Executive Director Shelton, along with members Cortney Mospan, Co-chair NCAP Hormonal Contraceptive Task Force, and Ritesh Patel, Chair NCAP Independent Pharmacy Network, participated in a stakeholder meeting with Senators Burgin and Krawiec to discuss the role of pharmacists assisting with public health needs in our state. The meeting was called to generate discussion and to find common ground on language for Senate Bill 575 Pharmacists Improve Public Health Needs. After the meeting, Mospan and Shelton worked to provide a number of supporting documents to Senator Krawiec. The next step is to provide proposed revisions to Senator Burgin by no later than April 30th. NCAP Health-System Practice Academy To Host Town Hall Our Health-System Practice Academy will host a live stream Town Hall to review policies and statements up for discussion at the ASHP June House of Delegates (HOD). The plan is to briefly describe the HOD process, review the more controversial policies and obtain input from the audience. The Town Hall is currently being planned for May 20th 12:001:00 pm to allow time for our delegates to prepare for the June HOD.
Members of our Health-System and Ambulatory Care Practice Academies will soon receive an emailed invitation with a webinar link for the town hall. NCAP Board Hears Task Force Proposal for Fellow Practitioner Designation On April 28th, during the NCAP Board of Directors Meeting, the NCAP Fellow Practitioner Task Force presented their proposal outlining a process by which NCAP could implement a Fellow Practitioner Designation Pathway designed to recognize for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, for demonstrated and sustained excellence irrespective of practice setting. The Task Force was chaired by Bob Granko, and had a diverse group of volunteers representing the profession. NC Congressman G.K. Butterfield Introduces Pharmacist Provider Status Bill NCAP had the honor of working closely with Rep. Butterfield’s office as they prepared for their press release on Thursday April 22nd to announce the filing of HB 2759 “The Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act”, which would amend the Social Security Act to allow coverage of basic medical services, by pharmacists, for Medicare beneficiaries. NCAP provided a quote for the national press release applauding Congressman Butterfield for his recognition of the value that pharmacists provide in the
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care of patients. NCAP Joins NC Stakeholder Group on Menthol & Flavored Tobacco Ban NCAP signed on with 14 other organizations to ask the FDA to grant the Citizen Petition, that was filed over seven years ago, which called on the FDA to prohibit menthol as flavor in cigarettes. In the NC multistakeholder letter, organized by the North Carolina Alliance for Health, we pointed to evidence which demonstrates menthol makes it easier for young people to start smoking, and that menthol contributes to health disparities. In the 1950’s, less than 10% of Black Americans who smoked used menthol cigarettes. Today, 85% of all Black smokers use menthol cigarettes compared to just 29% of White smokers. First Specialty-Focused PSAO Launches This month, AmerisourceBergen launched Accelerate Specialty Network, the nation’s first specialty-focused Pharmacy Services Administration Organization (PSAO). Accelerate members include accredited health-system specialty pharmacies, independent specialty pharmacies and medically integrated dispensing practices. For more information about Accelerate, click here. NCAP Members Slated for ASHP Ballot The NCAP staff and Board of Directors congratulates the following NCAP members selected to run for
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