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Cardinal Health SVP of government relations outlines top 3 policy issues for pharmacists

As Cardinal Health RBC 2017 attendees listened at the tradeshow’s Opening Session on Thursday, July 27, the U.S. Senate was taking up the question of healthcare reform — something that Cardinal Health SVP of government relations, Sean Callinicos, highlighted as among the top three legislative issues that will most affect community pharmacists in the coming year. The other top issues for pharmacy that he addressed were increased drug prices and the opioid crisis.

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Co-Op City Pharmacy’s Makhover brings heart to community

For Bronx, N.Y.-based Co-Op City Pharmacy’s Biana Makhover, Cardinal Health RBC 2017 kicked off with a surprise. Under the guise of filming stock footage, Cardinal Health had earlier visited her pharmacy and talked to her patients. They then screened the resulting video, “Heart of a Community,” at the RBC 2017 Opening Session on Thursday, July 27.  

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OutcomesMTM builds patient relationships, improves Star Measures

Medication therapy management (MTM) is a tool that more pharmacies are incorporating into their practices as a way to both strategically boost engagement with the local provider community and strengthen ties with patients, while at the same time improving adherence, lowering overall health costs and driving more revenue into the pharmacy.

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Identifying patient care opportunities and improving performance

In the weeks leading up to Cardinal Health RBC 2017, DSN sat down with Cardinal Health’s director of reimbursement solutions Jeff Monroe to talk about the company’s latest Reimbursement Consulting Services (RCS) dashboard, as well as its Central Pay and Reconciliation customer platforms, and how these solutions are enabling pharmacies to better identify additional patient care opportunities, improve medication adherence and drive performance against the CMS Star Quality Measures.

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Regulations ease to create opportunities for telepharmacy

The state regulatory environment is on its way toward becoming friendlier to telepharmacy, or the practice of providing pharmaceutical care via telecommunications to patients at a distance, especially those patients living within a “pharmacy desert.” A telepharmacy operates like a traditional pharmacy except the pharmacist reviews prescriptions and counsels patients from a remote location.