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Friday, July 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) MPhA Holds Planning Retreat » Untitled Document The 2017-2017 MPhA Board of Directors and outgoing board members met with MPhA staff at Park...
Friday, July 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) MPhA Holds Planning Retreat » The 2017-2017 MPhA Board of Directors and outgoing board members met with MPhA staff at Park Nicollet in St. Louis Park fo...
Friday, July 21, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) National Health Care Fraud Takedown » From APhA’s Pharmacy Today, July 14: More than 400 people have been charged in the largest-ever health care fraud enforce...
Friday, July 14, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Brent Thompson Elected to APhA-APPM Executive Committee » Congratulations to long-time MPhA member and Past President Brent Thompson, PharmD, Pharmacy Director at FirstLight Health...
Friday, July 7, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) PATF Plans Legislative Strategy for 2018 » The Pharmacy Advocacy Task Force (PATF), which consists of MPhA, the Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP)...
Friday, June 30, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Steve Simenson Receives University of Minnesota’s Highest Alumni Award » MPhA Past President Steve Simenson received the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award from President Eri...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2017 MPhA Annual Learning Networking Event Registration Is Now Open! » Are You Ready to Chart Your Course for Change? Join Us at the 2017 MPhA Annual Learning Networking Event & MTM Symp...
Friday, June 23, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Congratulations to MPhA’s New Leaders » Congratulations to MPhA’s New Leaders Strong Turnout at MPhA Leadership Summit and House of Delegates Event The MPh...
Friday, June 16, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Senator Franken’s Affordable Prescription Drugs Act Gets Committee Hearing » On June 13, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) held a hearing before the Senate Health Committee on the rising cost of prescription...
Friday, June 9, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Minnesota Congressman Among 60 Raising Objections to FDA Compounding Final Guidance » From NCPA Advocacy Center Update, June 3 : In a letter to Scott Gottlieb , commissioner of the Food and Drug Administrati...
Friday, June 2, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) New Minnesota Law May Help Prevent Pharmacy Errors » From Modern Medicine Network : A new Minnesota law may help reduce the number of errors that are caused by pharmacist fati...
Friday, May 26, 2017 MPhA Past President Steve Simenson Honored — You Can Participate » Steve Simenson, a 1977 (BPharm) graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and CEO and managing partner o...
Friday, May 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2017 Legislative Session in its Final Week…PATF Provisions Included in HHS Bill » PATF Lobbyist Buck Humphrey reports that the Minnesota legislature is working feverishly to come to a compromise on State...
Friday, May 12, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) PATF Provisions Included in Final Minnesota HHS Bill Language » PATF Lobbyist Buck Humphrey reports that the Minnesota House and Senate HHS Conference Committee has finalized and adopted...
Friday, May 5, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) The PBM Story » The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) has released a new resource that documents for policymakers, patient...
Friday, April 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Measles Outbreak Highlights Need for Vaccination » The number of confirmed measles cases in Minneapolis reached 29 this week, according the Minnesota Department of Health. U...
Friday, April 21, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Help Us Explain Why Drug Importation Is the Wrong Answer to High Prescription Prices » A few weeks ago, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduced S. 771, the Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act. S...
Friday, April 14, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Opioid State Targeted Response RFP: Deadline April 28 » The Minnesota Department of Human Services has released a statewide request for proposal (RFP) for the Opioid State Target...
Friday, March 31, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) MPhA Members Participate in APhA House of Delegates Meeting » Many thanks to all the MPhA members who attended the APhA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, March 23-27. Special thanks to...
Friday, March 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Your Action Needed Today to Include Changes in Medicaid Reimbursement in the State Budget! » It is critical that members contact the Chairman and staff of the House Health and Human Services Finance Committee TODAY...
Friday, March 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act Introduced » Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) have introduced H.R. 1316, the Prescription Drug Price Transpar...
Friday, February 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Pharmacy Bill Introduced in Minnesota Senate » SF 1049 was introduced in the Minnesota Senate on Feb. 16. This is the companion to HF 1140 , and would grant pharmacist...
Friday, February 10, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Pharmacy Dispensing Fee Reimbursement » From the Minnesota Retailers Association : The CMS outpatient drug rule pharmacy reimbursement language and proposal for c...
Friday, February 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) MPhA Members Meet with Key Legislators on PATF » The 2017 session of the Minnesota Legislature is off to a fast start. The House, Senate and Governor agreed on an emergenc...
Friday, January 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Pharmacy Provider Status Bill Is Back in US House » U.S. House Introduces Pharmacy Provider Status Bill From information provided by the National Alliance of State Pharma...
Friday, January 20, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) U.S. Court of Appeals Rules on Iowa PBM Reform Law » From information provided by the National Community Pharmacists Association and Pharmaceutical Care Management Association...
Friday, January 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Provider Status Legislation Reintroduced in U.S. Senate » From information provided by the American Pharmacists Association and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores: On T...
Friday, January 6, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) MDH Notice to Health Care Providers: Penicillin Shortage » Several forms of penicillin are currently in short supply in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (M...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Support the MPhA Advocacy Fund » We are excited to announce our Legislative Quarterback, lobbyist Buck Humphrey! Buck has been retained under contract to p...
Thursday, December 22, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Pharmacists Again Ranked Highly for Honesty and Ethics » From National Community Pharmacists Association : Gallup has released the results of its annual survey about which profe...
Friday, October 21, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Registration Now Open for AADE-MN and MPhA Collaborative Meeting » Beyond Glucose Lowering: The Bigger Picture The goal of this event is to promote interprofessional collaboration and ap...
Friday, May 27, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) MPhA Public Affairs Committee Legislative Report » The Minnesota Legislature adjourned on May 23. MPhA’s Public Affairs Committee continues to read through bills that...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) The New Normal » Untitled Document...
Friday, May 6, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Down to the Wire at the State Capitol » With just 17 days remaining in the Minnesota Legislature's 2016 session, much work remains to be completed. However, sever...
Friday, April 29, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Special Offer for MPhA Members: Individual Subscriptions to PharmacyLibrary » MPhA is pleased to announce a partnership with the American Pharmacists Association to offer MPhA members a discounted sub...
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