At the Louisiana Pharmacists Association’s virtual annual meeting this week, NACDS honored Walgreens pharmacist Jeff Gaude as the Louisiana Chain Pharmacist of the Year. Jeff was selected by his peers as an outstanding pharmacist dedicated to the advancement of the profession.
Also in Louisiana. The Board of Pharmacy scheduled a special Board meeting at 9 AM on July 28, 2020. Meeting details and agenda can be found here.
Also in Louisiana. NACDS is continuing efforts to urge the Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) to persuade Gov. John Bel Edwards to issue an Executive Order NACDS drafted leveraging pharmacists and other qualified healthcare professionals and vaccinators in mass immunization efforts once COVID-19 vaccines are available. The NACDS model language would also allow pharmacists to delegate technical, non-clinical immunization tasks to pharmacy technicians, and includes a provision requiring insurance carriers, Medicaid, and any contracted pharmacy benefit managers reimburse pharmacies for the cost of acquiring and administering a COVID-19 vaccine.
Also in Louisiana. NACDS virtually attended the Board of Pharmacy’s Regulation Revision Committee (RRC) meeting monitoring the discussions on pharmacy staffing ratios, telepharmacy counseling requirements, and electronic prescribing draft rules. While the Committee voted against increasing the pharmacy technician ratio, they did commit to discussing the issue of pharmacy technicians administering immunizations at the August 12, 2020 Board meeting. The electronic prescribing rules were not discussed, so they remain on the RRC agenda for their next meeting this Fall.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.