The MPA exists to serve pharmacists and their desire to take care of their communities. The podcast will highlight the important work of the MPA on behalf of pharmacists across the state of Missouri.
Jason Purcell talks about purpose & meaning, compliance in the pharmacy world, & the 340B program
Jason Purcell is a pharmacist and HR professional who has worked in hiring and staffing at Mercy Hospital in Lebanon, MO. He talks about how pharmacists and staff can find purpose and meaning in life, especially through work. He also touches on how challenging it is to staff a rural pharmacy and how compliance impacts that hardship in staffing. Finally, he touches on the importance of the 340B program to fund critical access hospitals in rural Missouri.
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1 Nov 2023
Winning in 2024: Why Pharmacists should support the political action committee
MPA in-house lobbyist, Henrio Thelemaque, takes 6 minutes to tell you why your involvement as a pharmacist in the Missouri Pharmacy Political Action Committee (PPAC) is so important for 2024 and beyond for the profession of pharmacy.
Donate online here: http://bit.ly/Missouri-PPAC
Find out more or join our mission:
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7 Oct 2023
PBMs are killing pharmacy - DIR fees, take it or leave it contracts, & bad work environments
In the latest episode of the Missouri Pharmacy Podcast, MPA CEO Ron Fitzwater, and Scott Pace, a pharmacist and lawyer who helped write and pass Arkansas' PBM regulation law, discuss how pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are impacting pharmacies across the country.
Find out more at the links:
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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thempa
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mopharmacy
21 Sept 2023
Missouri Pharmacy Leadership Retreat: A weekend to grow professionally
Every year for the past 5+ years, the @MissouriPharmacy (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCK9Icezu1iixLzTTMUUIM7A) Association has hosted an event for pharmacy leaders to coalesce at the lake in Camdenton, Missouri to network and grow as leaders. The MPA brings in leadership consultant, John Riordan, who has worked with some of the most important leaders in Washington DC. He helps facilitate an event that has gotten rave reviews over the years while providing pharmacy leaders real value in their pursuit of effective leadership in their pharmacies and communities.
Consider joining us!
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31 Aug 2023
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and their impact on independent pharmacy
Ron Fitzwater explains how a local independent pharmacy shut down is a great example of the type of unfair playing field that pharmacies are up against with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The anti-competitive nature of their massive influence over the insurance space and patient care has forced hundreds of pharmacies out of business or into sales in the last several years.
17 Aug 2023
Expanding opportunities for the practice of pharmacy in Missouri - Ron Fitzwater, MPA CEO
In the latest Missouri Pharmacy Podcast, Ron Fitzwater outlines how the MPA is currently working to expand the practice of pharmacy in the state of Missouri. From legislative efforts to patient care opportunities to fighting PBMs, the MPA is hard at work on behalf of some of our most trusted healthcare professionals in Missouri, pharmacists.
https://www.morx.com/
29 Jul 2023
2024 Missouri Legislative Session outlook - What to expect in an election year
The Missouri Pharmacy Association's in-house lobbyist, Henrio Thelemaque, discusses what he sees coming down the road in the 2024 legislative session. During an election year in 2024, a big one because of all the names on the ballot, he tries to explain what dynamics will be at play for legislation that impacts pharmacy and the state of Missouri.
10 Jul 2023
The Missouri legislature in 2023: What did they do or not do for pharmacy?
Did the Missouri legislature get anything done in 2023? What were the dynamics? Who are the players and what happened? MPA in-house lobbyist, Henrio Thelemaque, gives his wrap-up on how the session will impact pharmacy going forward in Missouri. There was good and bad.
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