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Is Colorado’s reimbursement law wide open, or is there room to grow?

Posted: Jan 9, 2026

Is Colorado’s reimbursement law wide open, or is there room to grow?

Reimbursement

Up in the mountains of Colorado, Lucas Smith, PharmD, wears many hats as the owner and lead pharmacist of two independent community pharmacies.

Loren Bonner

In Idaho, pharmacist primary care services are financially sustainable

Posted: Jan 9, 2026

In Idaho, pharmacist primary care services are financially sustainable

Sustainability

Under the right circumstances and in a favorable regulatory environment, pharmacist-led primary care services are financially sustainable, according to real-world evidence from Idaho published November 1, 2025, in JAPhA.

Loren Bonner

Lack of prior authorization leads to canceled prescription

Posted: Jan 9, 2026

Lack of prior authorization leads to canceled prescription

On the Docket

A pharmacy is not obligated to process every legal prescription that is transmitted to the pharmacy. A federal judge in Oklahoma recognized this principle in a lawsuit that alleged liability of a pharmacy for harm caused to a patient due to the failure by the pharmacy to honor a 12-year-old girl’s prescription for leuprolide acetate injection.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

The pharmacist next door: How medication experts are closing chronic care gaps for older adults