2023-2026 Specialty Pharmacy Operational Considerations (P) (T)
Please note: Your enrollment will be reset on January 1 of each year of your active subscription, to allow a new competency completion.
Activity Overview
A thorough understanding of the complexities of specialty pharmacy processes can be the key differentiator between a successful or unsuccessful pharmacy operation. This module is written to outline some of the additional facility, workflow, and reporting obligations that a specialty pharmacy will require to be successful.
Accreditation
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Target Audience
Each individual activity module is intended for pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians who wish to expand their knowledge and/or competency in a specific topic area.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the basic facility requirements for a fully operational specialty pharmacy.
- Identify the key elements of both the front-end and back-end workflow for specialty pharmacy.
- Describe the reporting sources and utilization of common specialty pharmacy data sets.
Faculty
H. Champ Burgess, PharmD, MBA
Chief Pharmacy Officer
University Hospitals Health System
EDITORS
Joel A. Hennenfent, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP
Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Member Services
Vizient, Inc.
Irving, Texas
Heather A. Pace, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Utilization Management
GEHA Health
Lee’s Summit, Missouri
SECTION EDITOR
Scott Savage, PharmD, MSRelevant Financial Relationship Disclosure
No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company.
As defined by the Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education definition of ineligible company. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the CPE activity.
Methods and CE Requirements
Each published activity consists of a reading module with references, competency assessment checklist, and competency assessment exam. Participants must participate in the entire activity, and complete the evaluation and all required components to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts to claim credit and view your statement of credit within 60 days after completing the activity.
NOTE: CPE credit may be claimed only one time per individual activity.
Important Note – ACPE 60-Day Deadline
Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. To verify that you have completed the required steps and to ensure your credits have been reported to CPE Monitor, we encourage you to check your NABP CPE Monitor eProfile account to validate your credits were transferred successfully before the 60-day deadline. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to award credit for this activity.