MLC General Session II (Friday)
Friday, March 1, 2024
8 a.m. – Noon
Take 5!
Mike Burns, president and CEO, AuBurn Pharmacies
Scott Pace, PharmD, JD, co-owner, Kavanaugh Pharmacy; partner, Impact Management Group; president and CEO, Pace Management, LLC
How to Get, Keep, and Say Goodbye to Employees
Your business faces enough challenges without adding an employment legal matter to your plate. A leading employment/labor attorney will share some of the hottest dos and don'ts to help you be aware of potential pitfalls.
Deborah Kelly, PhD, JD, MA, partner, Manatt
Blue Ridge Apothecary: A Case Study, by the University of South Carolina Student Business Plan Competition team
A team of student pharmacists from the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy – the first-place finishers in the 2023 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition – will share their award-winning concept for a pharmacy practice specializing in test and treat, oral contraceptive prescribing, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Farehaa Hussain, Jacob King (team captain), CharLeigh Steverson, PharmD candidates, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Building and Scaling Your LTC-at-Home Services
It is estimated that a minimum of 15 percent of your community population could benefit from LTC at home, a suite of services your pharmacy offers to keep patients who would otherwise be in the nursing home in the comfort of their own homes. Join Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, co-founder and president of Centennial Pharmacy Services and the LTC@Home Pharmacy Network, for a discussion around the topic and how a hub-and-spoke model for fulfillment could lead to cost savings and enhanced revenue generation across your multi-store operation.
Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, co-founder and president, Centennial Pharmacy
What's Ahead for Pharmacy Benefits?
A pharmacy benefit manager executive will share what's new and what's on the horizon for engaging community pharmacies. While we can't discuss specific contract terms, this is a chance to contemplate new programs and operational efficiencies.
Anne Lawlor, MBA, vice president, network contracting and strategy, Optum Rx UnitedHealth Group
How Biosimilars Are Changing the Way You Practice
As the biologics and biosimilars market continues to grow, questions emerge about what to do at the pharmacy counter. Audit expert Trent Thiede joins the Multiple Locations Conference to discuss biosimilars, interchangeability, and appropriate DAW codes. Find out what you need to know about this space, including the clinical, operational, and financial considerations for biosimilar utilization and how to avoid audits.
Trent Thiede, PharmD, MBA, president, PAAS National
Friday, March 1, 2024
8 a.m. – Noon
Take 5!
Mike Burns, president and CEO, AuBurn Pharmacies
Scott Pace, PharmD, JD, co-owner, Kavanaugh Pharmacy; partner, Impact Management Group; president and CEO, Pace Management, LLC
How to Get, Keep, and Say Goodbye to Employees
Your business faces enough challenges without adding an employment legal matter to your plate. A leading employment/labor attorney will share some of the hottest dos and don'ts to help you be aware of potential pitfalls.
Deborah Kelly, PhD, JD, MA, partner, Manatt
Blue Ridge Apothecary: A Case Study, by the University of South Carolina Student Business Plan Competition team
A team of student pharmacists from the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy – the first-place finishers in the 2023 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition – will share their award-winning concept for a pharmacy practice specializing in test and treat, oral contraceptive prescribing, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Farehaa Hussain, Jacob King (team captain), CharLeigh Steverson, PharmD candidates, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Building and Scaling Your LTC-at-Home Services
It is estimated that a minimum of 15 percent of your community population could benefit from LTC at home, a suite of services your pharmacy offers to keep patients who would otherwise be in the nursing home in the comfort of their own homes. Join Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, co-founder and president of Centennial Pharmacy Services and the LTC@Home Pharmacy Network, for a discussion around the topic and how a hub-and-spoke model for fulfillment could lead to cost savings and enhanced revenue generation across your multi-store operation.
Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, co-founder and president, Centennial Pharmacy
What's Ahead for Pharmacy Benefits?
A pharmacy benefit manager executive will share what's new and what's on the horizon for engaging community pharmacies. While we can't discuss specific contract terms, this is a chance to contemplate new programs and operational efficiencies.
Anne Lawlor, MBA, vice president, network contracting and strategy, Optum Rx UnitedHealth Group
How Biosimilars Are Changing the Way You Practice
As the biologics and biosimilars market continues to grow, questions emerge about what to do at the pharmacy counter. Audit expert Trent Thiede joins the Multiple Locations Conference to discuss biosimilars, interchangeability, and appropriate DAW codes. Find out what you need to know about this space, including the clinical, operational, and financial considerations for biosimilar utilization and how to avoid audits.
Trent Thiede, PharmD, MBA, president, PAAS National
Learning Objectives
- Discuss ideas for improving business efficiencies and patient care.
- Describe the dos and don'ts of using social media in hiring, managing, and terminating employees.
- Explain how to put processes in place that minimize the risk to your business.
- Summarize the latest changes and most common challenges in today's environment.
- Discuss opportunities to scale your LTC-at-home operation across multiple locations.
- Describe health equity programs in the community pharmacy space.
- Identify new options for 2025 for clients to engage with a pharmacy clinically integrated network and medication adherence programs.
- Identify opportunities for a PBM to improve self-serve and admin requirements for community pharmacies.
- Identify biosimilars and their interchangeability.
- Discuss the fundamentals of DAW codes with biologic drugs.
04. Speaker(s)
- Jacob King, PharmD candidates, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
- Charlie Hartig, PharmD, JD, CEO, Hartig Drug
- Andrew Parrish, Pharm.D., M.B.A., Clinical Pharmacist, Homewood Pharmacy
- Michael Burns, RPh, President/CEO, AuBurn Pharmacies
- Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, co-founder and president, Centennial Pharmacy
- Farehaa Hussain, PharmD candidates, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
- Anne Lawlor, MBA, vice president, network contracting and strategy, Optum Rx UnitedHealth Group
- Scott Pace, PharmD, JD, co-owner, Kavanaugh Pharmacy; partner, Impact Management Group; president and CEO, Pace Management, LLC
- Trent Thiede, PharmD, MBA, President, PAAS National
- Deborah Kelly, PhD, JD, MA, partner, Manatt
05. Speaker Disclosure Statement
There are no relevant financial relationships with ACPE defined commercial interests for anyone who was in control of the content of the activity.
07. Pharmacist ACPE UAN#
08. Pharmacy Technician ACPE UAN#
09. Contact Hours
ACPE Statement
NCPA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. this program will provide 3.75 contact hour (0.375 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Activity Type
Interest
- Operations
- Long-term care
- Staff development/training
- Specialty
- Immunizations/Vaccines
- Third party/PBMs
Software Requirements
Google Chrome (Latest Version) – Recommended Browser
Microsoft Edge (Latest Version)
Firefox (Latest Version)
Safari (Latest Version)
Adobe Acrobat Reader *REQUIRED TO VIEW PRINTABLE VERSION OF ANY PDF FILES*
Target Audience
Course Duration
| # | Sessions: | Starts: | Ends: | Rooms: |
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| 1 | MLC General Session II (Friday)Visit www.ncpa.org/mlc for full program information. | -- | -- | Palms Ballroom - Sabal Clearwater |
| * times shown in the time of the location | ||||
The following credits are available upon completion of these activities.
