APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition (APhA2011),
March 25–28, 2011, in Seattle, WA.
APhA's Annual Meeting and Exposition is the premier event in pharmacy. APhA was founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is the organization whose members are recognized in society as essential in all patient care settings for optimal medication use that improves health, wellness, and quality of life. Through information, education, and advocacy APhA empowers its members to improve medication use and advance patient care by:
- Providing timely and accurate information that is vital to our members.
- Raising societal awareness about the role of pharmacists as essential in patient care for optimal medication use.
- Providing state-of-the-art resources to enhance our members' continuing professional development.
- Educating and influencing legislators, policy makers, regulators, and the public to advance our vision and mission.
- Creating unique opportunities for our members to connect and share with their peers across practice settings.
APhA2011: Setting the Vision for a Stronger Tomorrow! Providing opportunities for members to hear from thought-provoking leaders on the most pressing issues currently confronting pharmacy professionals. Today's pharmacists are faced with a multitude of challenges. Learn how to turn these challenges into opportunities to advance patient care and improve medication use.
This year's conference featured an Educational Breakout Session, entitled “Perspectives on Legal Rights and Obligations for Pharmacy Audits” by Craig S. Stern, RPh, PharmD, MBA, President, Pro Pharma Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc.and John A. Cronin, PharmD, JD, Fredrickson Mazeika & Grant, LLP
This session will present the perspectives of pharmacies, third-party payers, and contract auditors on the legal issues that govern the scope of payers' rights to audit pharmacies, and pharmacists' rights when responding to audits as well as the obligations of each party.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of the activity, participants will be able to:
- 1. Describe the legal basis for and the permissible means and scope of a payer's audit.
- 2. Describe federal and state laws that govern or limit audit rights and obligations.
- 3. Explain how pharmacists can appeal or otherwise challenge audit results.
- 4. Describe strategies for minimizing the costs and resources consumed by audits
Cosponsored by:
Cosponsored by the American Society for Pharmacy Law. (www.aspl.org/)
APhA's Mission, Vision, and Goals
APhA was the first-established national professional society of pharmacists, having been founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association. It remains the largest association of pharmacists in the United States, boasting more than 60,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in advancing the profession. Through a House of Delegates that meets each year at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, APhA provides a forum for discussion, consensus building, and policy setting for the profession of pharmacy. In fact, nearly all of pharmacy's specialty organizations trace their roots to APhA, having originally been a section or part of this broad foundation of pharmacy.
For more information please contact Carol Stern @ 818-701-5438
or carol.stern@propharmaconsultants.com
