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Legal Considerations in Specialty Pharmacy: 2023 Update

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-23-122-H03-P
Release Date:  6/15/2023
Expiration Date: 6/13/2026 
Activity Type: Application-based 
CE Credits:  2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEU)
Activity Fee: Free 

This activity is a recording from ASHP's live summer meeting and those that claimed credit for the live meeting should not claim credit for this activity.

Activity Overview 

This activity will describe the current pharmacy benefits landscape in relation to the drug supply channel and the role of health-system pharmacies. The program will provide key points for pharmacy leaders to assess strategies to navigate nontransparent legal requirements, in addition to summarizing laws and regulations that affect health-system pharmacies. 

   
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

This activity will focus on legal considerations in Specialty Practice for pharmacists. 

After participating in this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the current pharmacy benefits landscape in relation to the drug supply channel and the role of health-system pharmacies.
  • List payer network admission criteria for various pharmacy benefit management (PBM) network requirements.
  • Summarize laws and regulations that impact health-system pharmacies, including rules regarding network access, benefits design, fair audits, and reimbursement rates. 

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

  • Questions, Answers, and Discussion 

Jesse C. Dresser, JD 
Partner 
Frier Levitt 
New Jersey 

JoAnn Stubbings, BSPharm, MHCA
Clinical Associate Professor Emerita
University of Illinois Chicago/University of Illinois
Hospital and Health Sciences System 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

This activity consists of recordings of faculty slides presentations, active learning activities, discussion, and handouts. Participants must participate in the activity in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts online to complete the evaluation, claim credit and view the statement of credit immediately after completing the activity. 

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. Once you have processed and claimed your CE credit, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to verify your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. It is an electronic direct-report process so your credits should appear in your account within a few minutes. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to report your credit(s) for this activity. 

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