ACPE Activity Number:0204-0000-26-147-H04-P/T Release Date: 11/07/2026 Expiration Date: 11/07/2029 Activity Type: Knowledge-based CE Credits: 0.5 contact hour, no partial credit Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available
Activity Overview
This podcast defines and describes non-profit foundation grants. It explains patient eligibility criteria, while highlighting that challenges associated with limited funding. The discussion also emphasizes how hospitals and health systems can proactively help patients access these grants through education, dedicated medication access teams, and use of real-time fund tracking tools.
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.
These activities were planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in outpatient settings where patients face challenges in medication access and affordability.
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.
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.
