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High Cost Drug Management - Clinical & Operational Strategies


ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-21-022-H04-P
Release Date: May 12, 2021
Expiration Date: May 12, 2024
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
CE Credits: 1.0 hour, no partial credit
Activity Fee: Members – Free / Non-Member – Not Available

 This activity is a recording from a live webinar and those that claim credit for the live webinar should not claim credit for this activity.

Activity Overview

This webinar provides attendees the opportunity to learn about important considerations and successful strategies to manage high cost drugs.  The webinar wll focus on key clinical, ethical, financial, and operational challenges in light of increased approval of novel and /or niche high cost medications. Attendees will be able to take home key strategies for implementation at their institutions.

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

This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists, pharmacy managers, and pharmacy directors who are actively engaged in formulary and medication management initiatives at their respective institutions.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe components of an effective high cost drug process for health-system formulary management.
  2. Discuss critical components for formulary evaluation of high cost drugs.
  3. List strategies to manage challenges associated with high cost drug management.

Schedule of Activities

  • Introduction and Announcements
  • Presentation
  • Questions, Answers, and Discussion

Faculty

  • Angela Collela, Pharm.D., BCPS, Drug Use Policy Pharmacist, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI
  • Russell Findlay, Pharm.D., M.S., Pharmacy Manager, Support Services and Supply Chain, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Moderator: Rena Gosser, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacy Manager, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Disclosures

In accordance with the ACPE's and ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support, anyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity is required to disclose to the accredited provider their relevant financial relationships. In accordance with these Standards, all potential conflicts of interest have been resolved. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she (or spouse/domestic partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the activity content over which the individual has control.

As defined by ACCME, a commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The Standards for Commercial Support do not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. The existence or non-existence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the activity.

  • All planners, presenters, reviewers, and ASHP staff report no financial relationships relevant to this activity. 

Methods and CE Requirements

This activity consists of a 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 eLearning Portal. 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. Claim your CE at http://elearning.ashp.org. 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.