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

Val Kalnins
Advocacy, CDTM / MTM, Prescriptive Authority, Protocols, Provider Status

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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Ready to Manage Six Technicians?

VP Admin
Advocacy, All

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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Staying in Touch

Daina Kalnins
Advocacy, General

We had the opportunity to visit with our colleague, Chris Howes of The Howes Group, in December 2015 as planning for the Colorado legislative session ramps up. Just staying in touch…………

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Provider Status – Colorado Revised Statutes

VP Admin
Advocacy, Provider Status

Through the years, being married to a pharmacy organization director gave me many opportunities to hear the scuttlebutt about “provider status.” I interpreted this issue as pharmacists wanting to be recognized as healthcare professionals and to be paid for their

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