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Continuing Education: Thursday, July 27
CE #18 Business Opportunities for Independent Ownership (.10 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 8:00-9:00am
Career opportunities as an independent pharmacy owner have been neglected to a great degree in recent years. Young pharmacists and pharmacy students are often not aware of the job satisfaction enjoyed and the income potential that can be achieved as an independent pharmacy owner. The stabilization of the independent pharmacy community at some 20,000 stores nationwide, coupled with the aging demographic of current independent owners, has created significant opportunities for young pharmacists to own their own businesses and be successful community practitioners and business owners. During two hours of formal presentation, which includes 15 minutes of Q-and-A, this presentation explores the opportunities that exist in this arena and the challenges that arise in becoming an independent pharmacy owner.
CE #19 Diabetes Management Has Evolved: New Guidelines for Treating the Whole Patient (.20 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 8:00-10:00am
Sponsor: Roche
This course will:
- Explain the complications and co-morbidities associated with diabetes.
- Describe the treatment of co-morbid conditions and the need for additional monitoring.
- Define the unique opportunities for health care professionals to provide extended care to patients with diabetes.
- Outline the new guidelines associated with the management and monitoring for post-prandial glucose levels and the related counseling that health care professionals should provide.
- Demonstrate techniques to establish effective communication of disease state management between health care professionals and
the patient.
CE #20 Advertising and Marketing for Community Pharmacists (.10 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 9:00-10:00am
Sponsor: Health Media Concepts
The changing world of community pharmacy requires that independent pharmacists review all advertising and marketing strategies they currently employ. The introduction of Medicare Part D will create a great opportunity to capture additional business from the senior citizen customer segment, particularly from those who have been using mail order or Canadian pharmacies to access maintenance drugs. Coupling this with the continuing need to provide a clear differentiation between corporate/chain pharmacies and independents, advertising and marketing strategies need to be more personalized and customized than ever before to help consumers and patients understand the value in dealing with an independent pharmacy.
CE #21 Profit Mastery (.20 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 10:00am-noon
As a pharmacy owner or manager, when you receive your financial statements, your job is not quite finished. In fact, it has just begun. Your challenge is to create and implement a plan to improve the profits and cash flow in your stores. In this session, you will walk through a process — a Profit Mastery for Pharmacy Assessment -- to help you evaluate and measure the financial performance of your pharmacy.
CE #22 Competitive Bidding and Home Healthcare: The Past, Present and Future (.10 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, Noon-1:00pm
How will competitive bidding impact the pharmacy community? How do you prepare for something so esoteric and unfamiliar? Are all HME related products involved? Can you opt not to bid and still survive? Will the demonstration projects affect us? These questions and many more will be addressed during this candid, hands-on discussion of national competitive bidding. Learn about the latest information regarding your future by attending this informative and challenging session.
CE #23 Medicare Part B and D Panel Discussion (.15 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 1:00-2:30pm
Please join our Managed Care panel for a question and answer session regarding Medicare Part B Accreditation and Competitive Bidding, and the new Medicare Part D drug benefit. Bring your questions from the RBC presentations, and share your experiences and thoughts with your peers regarding these revolutionary federal programs.
CE #24 MTM Implementation* (.4 CEU)
Thursday, July 27, 1:00-5:00pm
*This course does not replace the MTM Implementation session offered as part of CE 1, 2 or 3.
With Medicare Part D programs paying for medication therapy management MTM Services and the new standardized billing codes for pharmacists providing these services, there has never been a better time to start offering these types of services. This program will provide detailed instruction and tools on beginning an MTM program in your pharmacy including: needs assessment and marketing analysis, marketing, reimbursement issues, how to bill for these services and get paid, pharmacoeconomic evaluation of your MTM programs, and much more. This program will include lots of examples from pharmacists who have been very successful in MTM programs of their own that participants can use in their own pharmacies.
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