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Legal Considerations in Specialty Practice — 2022 Updates

ACPE Number: 0204-0000-22-118-H03-P/T
Content Release Date: 06/13/2022
Expiration Date: 06/13/2025
Activity Type: Knowledge-based 
CE Credits: 1.25
Activity Fee: Free

Activity Overview

Join a legal expert for a discussion about the current pharmacy benefits landscape in the context of the drug supply channel and the role of health system pharmacies in this context. Learn the details of PBM requirements and some suggested strategies to navigate the constantly changing guidance framework. This activity will also highlight the laws and regulations that impact health system pharmacies, including rules regarding network access, benefits design, fair audits, and reimbursement rates.

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

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

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to…

1. Discuss the current pharmacy benefits landscape in the context of the drug supply channel and the role of health-system pharmacies.

2. Describe payer network admission criteria for various pharmacy benefit management (PBM) network requirements.

3. Discuss strategies to navigate nontransparent, unclear, changing, and onerous requirements.

4. Summarize laws and regulations that impact health-system pharmacies, including rules regarding network access, benefits design, fair audits, and reimbursement rates.

* Introduction
* Presentation
* Q&A

Jesse C. Dresser, JD
Partner
Frier Levitt
Pine Brook, New Jersey

Moderator

Tara N. Kelley, Pharm.D.
Executive Director, Specialty Pharmacy Services
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

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

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.