Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently put out a call for comments requesting feedback and additional input and recommendations regarding the elimination of specific Medicare regulations that require more stringent supervision for non-physicians than existing state scope of practice laws, or that limit health professionals from practicing at the top of their license.
CMS Request for Feedback on Scope of Practice
Dear Colleagues - January 2020
Dear Colleagues:
Happy New Year! I have high hopes for the new year as we work together to transform pharmacy practice and education to ensure that the public receives exactly the right “dose” of pharmacy services, including preventive and public health services.
Do No Harm
Pharmacy school curricula are prioritizing patient safety to prepare future pharmacists for their vital role in keeping patients safe.
Rethinking Prescription Labels
A collaborative project involving the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy is focused on redesigning prescription labels to improve patient adherence.
By Katie Gerhards
Frightful Fun in the Classroom
Zombies? No problem. A course featuring some apocalyptic challenges prepared student pharmacists to face real-world emergency situations.
By Joseph A. Cantlupe
Inspiring Future STEM Superheroes
Dr. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, newly selected to be part of the AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors Program, is a medicinal chemist encouraging girls to become STEM Wonder Women.
By Athena Ponushis
NEOMED Pharmacy Professor Receives $1 Million to Study Whether Exercise Is Neuroprotective
The Department of Defense grant supports a study that may help change the pathology of Parkinson’s disease and inform activities for those in VA systems.
INsight 2020 Sponsors
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