What do you mean”Fix the Glitch”?

What do you mean “Fix the Glitch”? The title of our 5/13/2018 blog post had a lot of people scratching their heads. What exactly does it mean? The Value Pharmacists’  “Fix the Glitch” post announced that the Colorado legislature passed

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“Fix the Glitch”

Colorado House Bill 2018-1313 has passed the legislature. After final enactment and rules promulgation, pharmacists will be prescribers, under certain circumstances, in Colorado. Hear testimony in support of CO HB18-1313 (begins at ~9.5 minutes and lasts over 20 minutes).  

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14 Questions to Qualify Your Lobbyist

You know as well as anyone there are different types of people in the world. Some folks bluster about, announcing their prowess and successes left and right while achieving minimal accomplishments while others quietly and strategically plant purposeful and long-range

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Proposed Pharmacy Rules Strike the Word “Prescribe”: An Update on Prescriber Status in Colorado

Many of you have been requesting an update on prescriber status of pharmacists in Colorado since our blog post “Pharmacist Prescribing in Colorado – Analysis and Status” in which we asked: Could it be that all the reports in the

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Pharmacist Prescribing in Colorado – Analysis & Status

We’re predicting there will be changes in the near future and will be updating the status on “pharmacist prescribing in Colorado” as events warrant. (from our email series on Pharmacist Prescribing in Colorado) June 2018 What do you mean “Fix

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Ready to Manage Six Technicians?

It happened. Did you hear about it? Or was it totally under your radar? How prepared are you to manage six technicians? What?  Manage six technicians? Yup, on May 3, 2017, the allowed technician-pharmacist ratio in Colorado was DOUBLED to

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And They’re Off…Does it Affect You?

It’s that time of year when activity ramps up in the Colorado legislature.  The 71st session of the Colorado General Assembly convened on January 11th, 2017. As of January 12, 118 bills had already been introduced in the house and senate.

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2017 Prospects – A View from 12,605ft

You’ve no doubt heard Do what you love, the money will follow. Are you in love with serving your patients? How often are you fulfilled by doing what you love? Perhaps you find yourself pursuing compensation? Or, are you bogged down

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What is “it?” How to Use”it?”

Legislators have it! Savvy business leaders have it! Does your pharmacy organization have it? “It” is institutional memory. It is the innate knowledge carried by an individual or group of individuals comprising what works and what doesn’t; why certain tactics

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I’m Ready to Spill the Beans

I always have been ready to spill the beans. Ask me a question and you’ll get the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Well, honestly, you’ll probably get a whole lot more too. When people ask me

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