Pharmacy Podcast Network

NOW, NEW, NEXT: NACDS TSE 2025 in Sunny San Diego was a bustling event filled with information and insights on whats happening NOW, what's NEW, and what comes NEXT! Thank you KeySource for Sponsoring this episode!   Guests:  Andy Crawford - KeySource Arman Ameri - Salvatore Consumer Products Campbell Atkinson - AFT Pharmaceuticals Frank Harvey - CEO Surescripts Ken Thai - 986 Pharmacy Group Lara Loveman - Outcomes Lathe Bigler - First Databank Inc Melinda Su-En Lee - Parcel Health

Inmar Intelligence is a data-driven technology company that provides solutions for retail, healthcare, and supply chain industries. They specialize in optimizing promotions, managing digital couponing, and offering point-of-sale analytics for retailers. In healthcare, they focus on pharmaceutical returns, claims processing, and marketing. In supply chain, they help with inventory management and reverse logistics. Their data analytics platform uses AI to help businesses make smarter decisions, improve efficiency, and drive growth. TailorMed, led by CEO Srulik Dvorsky , is a healthcare technology company that focuses on helping patients manage the financial aspects of their medical care. The platform offers personalized financial assistance, helping patients find and access financial resources like insurance coverage, financial aid programs, and discounts to reduce out-of-pocket medical costs. Here are the key services TailorMed provides:  1. Financial Assistance for Patients: TailorMed helps patients navigate complex healthcare billing by identifying available financial aid, grants, discounts, and programs to reduce treatment costs. 2. Cost Transparency: The platform provides clear information on medical costs, helping patients understand their financial responsibilities and options for managing high healthcare expenses. 3. Technology-Driven Solution: TailorMed uses technology to automate the process of identifying financial resources and integrating these solutions into healthcare providers' systems, making it easier for providers to offer financial help to patients.

Guest Speakers: Ketan Mehta, CEO, PrimeRx David Kirkus, Vice President of MARKET, PrimeRx KEY TAKEAWAYS: PrimeRx is the first pharmacy software to embed a real-time marketplace into dispensing. Pharmacies gain cost control, supply diversification, and workflow efficiency. This innovation comes at a critical time as tariffs and economic pressures escalate.

Join experts in obesity, Robert Kushner, MD, Michael Knight, MD, and Amanda Velazquez, MD, as they discuss impactful communication for patients with obesity. Bob Kushner, MD  Amanda Velazquez, MB, DABOM Michael Knight, MD, MSHP, FACP, DABOM

This is a fascinating podcast episode from Dr. Lipid himself on desmosterol.  What is it?  How do we measure it?  Why should we care? Pharmacists are well-positioned to guide patients in understanding the role of desmosterol, how medications may influence its levels, the options for measuring it, and the steps to take if levels are too high or too low. Dr. Thomas Dayspring: linkedin.com/in/thomas-dayspring-md-facp-fnla-3aaa876 or @DrLipid on X  Tamara Ruggles, PharmD: linkedin.com/in/tamara-ruggles-491882251 Resource on lipids recommended by Dr. Dayspring: https://familyheart.org/ Wages PA, Kim HH, Korade Z, Porter NA. Identification and characterization of prescription drugs that change levels of 7-dehydrocholesterol and desmosterol. J Lipid Res. 2018 Oct;59(10):1916-1926. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M086991. Epub 2018 Aug 7. PMID: 30087204; PMCID: PMC6168312.  Available at:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30087204/  The Geriatric Pharmacy Focus podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions.

In this episode of the NASP Podcast, Sheila Arquette, President & CEO of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, sits down with Hillary Gretton, Director of Data Strategy at Claritas Rx. Together, they explore today’s challenges in market access and patient journey analytics, and how Access Analytics is helping specialty pharmacies, payers, and partners tackle these barriers. The conversation highlights real-world use cases from Claritas Rx’s recent whitepaper, From Prescription to Abandonment: How 31% of Specialty Medications Go Unfilled Across Therapeutic Areas, showing how better data can drive better outcomes.

On 'This Week in Pharmacy' we're talking about the "Fully Powered Event" with Dr. Christina Fontana, we jump into TWIRx News with Andy Crawford from Keysource, preparing for the NASP 2025 in Denver & welcome the Rated Rx Podcast to the PPN! TWIRx News includes: Massachusetts governor orders pharmacies to make COVID shots accessible - from CBS News  Hims & Hers stock jumps on Novo Nordisk GLP-1 partnership - from AOL Finance  The oldest pharmacy in Texas closes after 153 years - from DeWitt County Today  This episode is sponsored by Keysource and Sykes & Company, thank you for supporting the only weekly news podcast in pharmacy, this is TWIRx!! 

In this episode, we sit down with the President of the American Medical Association to discuss PBM reform and its impact on patients, physicians, and the future of healthcare. From drug pricing transparency to ensuring access to needed medications, this conversation explores why PBM reform is at the center of today’s healthcare policy debates.

In this final part of this three part series we bring you exclusive interviews from the Outcomes booth, recorded on the show floor at ThoughtSpot 2025. Our guests are: Jon Carlson at Outcomes Pharmacist Heidi Polek, Vice President of Product Management at Outcomes Multi-location Pharmacy Owner, and Pharmacy 50 Award winner Dr. Chris Antipas Product Manager at Outcomes, Dalia Rios Paul Shelton Tim Cernohous, Senior Vice President of Community Retail and Long term care Pharmacy at Cencora.   This episode is sponsored by Outcomes.

Join our co-hosts Todd Eury and Greg Reybold in this exclusive interview with Conor Sheehey, who most recently served as senior health policy advisor to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID). In this role, he advised the Committee on a range of health care policy issues, including prescription drug pricing, telehealth, AI, provider coverage and reimbursement, fraud and abuse, medical devices, and Medicare Parts B and D. Sheehey led several bipartisan legislative efforts, including the development of comprehensive PBM reforms and bipartisan proposals on clinician payment reform and drug shortages.