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›› DMEPOS, AMP: APhA monitoring HCR for key fixes – Deadlines pass as pharmacists await Congressional action.
›› MTM occurring across the nation—Interactive map shows you where – Pharmacists wanting to network, providers looking for collaborators, policymakers gauging uptake—everyone finds what they’re looking for on pharmacist.com.
›› APhA provides HCR op-ed template for pharmacists – Advocates can use model in crafting effective HCR letters.
›› APhA leaders, state execs visit the Hill – Baucus bill released: MTM in, public option out.
›› APhA and Health Care Reform
›› Illinois congresswoman’s pharmacy visit opens eyes, doors – Illinois Republican Judy Biggert spends day at local pharmacies, comes away a strong supporter of profession in health care reform.
›› APhA pushes medication adherence – Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) receives letter, co-signed by APhA, urging the inclusion of medication adherence in health care reform legislation.
›› APhA–PAC hosts Ohio’s Rep. Space – Local APhA-PAC governor focuses on health care reform.
›› Legalese simplified: APhA provides HELP analysis – Tweaks needed, but overall draft legislation meshes well with pharmacy’s HCR principles.
›› D-Day 2009: APhA leaders hit the Hill – APhA academy officers meet with Congress, hear reports of MTM progress in reform legislation.
›› Menighan meets with White House official – Pharmacy an integral part of health care team, Obama advisor hears in face-to-face meeting.
›› APhA, Chronic Disease Partnership file comments with Senate Finance Committee – Pharmacists' services essential to address medication-use problems, improve care of patients with chronic diseases, Senators hear.
›› Tell your story—Change pharmacy’s future – APhA calls upon advocates of pharmacy to submit their stories to Obama’s health reform website.
›› APhA Foundation promotes adherence at consumer league briefing – Collaborative care model, including pharmacists and their compensation, trumpeted by Ellis as solution to poor medication adherence.
›› Include pharmacists in teams, pharmacy coalition asks Senators – Medical homes need drug therapy experts, pharmacy organizations tell Finance, HELP Committees.
›› HCR heating up in DC – Menighan meets with Reid as Senate sets deadline, Finance Committee schedules walk-through.