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News briefs Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-abstract/74/11/768/5102791 by DeepDyve user on 08 December 2019 NEWS Continued from page 766 And Cummings hired a medication access coordinator, not a pharmacy technician, for the clinic. In explaining his hiring decision to the physicians, he The facility’s administrators, Cummings said, had en- said the medication access coordinator, not them, would visioned staffing the clinic with a nurse who would inject devote time to obtaining prior authorizations for the long- the medications and be paid less than a pharmacist. acting injectable drugs. But he saw an advantage to having a pharmacist in the That new hire, Jasmine Douglas, “was on the side of try- clinic to dispense the medications that would be injected. ing to reject claims” at her previous employer, a for-profit Then, when the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy added third-party payer, Cummings said. “Now she’s helping get “administration of medications or biologics in the course people what they need, what they want.” of dispensing or maintaining a prescription drug order” The clinic has an infusion pharmacy permit and the to the definition of the practice of pharmacy, the answer same address as the inpatient facility, which participates to the question of who should staff the clinic became in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. obvious. Cummings said Medicaid accounts for a small percent- “Bring in a pharmacist to dispense and administer,” age of the clinic’s payers, with the rest being commercial Cummings recalled, emphasizing the ability of a phar- insurers. macist but not a nurse “to capture that dispensing fee.” Lacking a computerized outpatient billing system, He brought in Conzelman, who had been employed at the clinic bills for medications in cooperation with the inpatient facility as an as-needed pharmacy techni- KentuckyOne Health’s specialty pharmacy, he noted. cian while earning his degree and worked earlier there as Once a billing system is in place, perhaps in July, he said, a mental healthcare technician. the clinic will be able to bill for medication administration and medication therapy management services. The prescribers, Conzelman said, hail from the inpa- tient facility, the outpatient program for patients trying to recover from alcohol or opioid dependency, and the larger community. Timothy J. Reilly, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, a In processing antipsychotic prescriptions written by clinical assistant professor at Rutgers, the State Uni- outpatient physicians, Conzelman calls their offices to versity of New Jersey, died on April 13. He was 37 confirm that the patients had been receiving oral therapy years old. Reilly practiced as a clinical pharmacist and ask about possible hypersensitivity to the drug. at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plains- All the patients, he said, are at least 18 years old, save boro, where he specialized in geriatric pharmacy for the fairly large 17-year-old boy for whom special ap- and served as a preceptor for the postgraduate year proval from the insurance company’s medical director 1 pharmacy residency program. He had recently was obtained. served as the director of the New Jersey Society of “We’re averaging 2 or 3 [injections] per day,” Conzelman Health-System Pharmacy’s Council on Educational said, adding that the clinic has been fielding a lot of Affairs. Reilly is survived by his wife Kristin, two phone calls about extended-release naltrexone injectable young daughters, and many other family members. suspension. Gifts in his memory may be made to Dana-Farber So far, he said, 25–30% of the injections given at the Cancer Institute to support its Center for Cancer clinic have been for opioid- and alcohol-dependence Genetics and Prevention (www.dana-farber.org/gift) treatment. or to Trinity Church (33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ Cummings said some of the clinic’s calls have come 08540). from people who want such treatment but don’t have a willing prescriber. ASHP Chief Executive Officer Paul W. So he has been working on involving a nurse practi- Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon), tioner to ease the prescribing process for those inquirers. FASHP, attended the Maryland So- Cummings, who describes heroin-addiction treatment ciety of Health-System Pharmacy with methadone as “substituting a beer for a bourbon,” (MSHP) Spring Seminar on April 14 favors naltrexone for treating opioid addiction. in Annapolis. He gave the keynote The opioid antagonist, he said, offers “a cleaner way to presentation titled “Pharmacists treat people” addicted to alcohol or opioids. Must Be Leaders: Perspectives on Leveraging Leader- ship to Improve Patient Care,” attended MSHP’s busi- —Cheryl A. Thompson DOI 10.2146/news170036 ness meeting, and installed new officers. Continued on page 770 768 AM J HEALTH-SYST PHARM | VOLUME 74 | NUMBER 11 | JUNE 1, 2017 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Oxford University Press

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Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-abstract/74/11/768/5102791 by DeepDyve user on 08 December 2019 NEWS Continued from page 766 And Cummings hired a medication access coordinator, not a pharmacy technician, for the clinic. In explaining his hiring decision to the physicians, he The facility’s administrators, Cummings said, had en- said the medication access coordinator, not them, would visioned staffing the clinic with a nurse who would inject devote time to obtaining prior authorizations for the long- the medications and be paid less than a pharmacist. acting injectable drugs. But he saw an advantage to having a pharmacist in the That new hire, Jasmine Douglas, “was on the side of try- clinic to dispense the medications that would be injected. ing to reject claims” at her previous employer, a for-profit Then, when the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy added third-party payer, Cummings said. “Now she’s helping get “administration of medications or biologics in the course people what they need, what they want.” of dispensing or maintaining a prescription drug order” The clinic has an infusion pharmacy permit and the to the definition of the practice of pharmacy, the answer same address as the inpatient facility, which participates to the question of who should staff the clinic became in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. obvious. Cummings said Medicaid accounts for a small percent- “Bring in a pharmacist to dispense and administer,” age of the clinic’s payers, with the rest being commercial Cummings recalled, emphasizing the ability of a phar- insurers. macist but not a nurse “to capture that dispensing fee.” Lacking a computerized outpatient billing system, He brought in Conzelman, who had been employed at the clinic bills for medications in cooperation with the inpatient facility as an as-needed pharmacy techni- KentuckyOne Health’s specialty pharmacy, he noted. cian while earning his degree and worked earlier there as Once a billing system is in place, perhaps in July, he said, a mental healthcare technician. the clinic will be able to bill for medication administration and medication therapy management services. The prescribers, Conzelman said, hail from the inpa- tient facility, the outpatient program for patients trying to recover from alcohol or opioid dependency, and the larger community. Timothy J. Reilly, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, a In processing antipsychotic prescriptions written by clinical assistant professor at Rutgers, the State Uni- outpatient physicians, Conzelman calls their offices to versity of New Jersey, died on April 13. He was 37 confirm that the patients had been receiving oral therapy years old. Reilly practiced as a clinical pharmacist and ask about possible hypersensitivity to the drug. at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plains- All the patients, he said, are at least 18 years old, save boro, where he specialized in geriatric pharmacy for the fairly large 17-year-old boy for whom special ap- and served as a preceptor for the postgraduate year proval from the insurance company’s medical director 1 pharmacy residency program. He had recently was obtained. served as the director of the New Jersey Society of “We’re averaging 2 or 3 [injections] per day,” Conzelman Health-System Pharmacy’s Council on Educational said, adding that the clinic has been fielding a lot of Affairs. Reilly is survived by his wife Kristin, two phone calls about extended-release naltrexone injectable young daughters, and many other family members. suspension. Gifts in his memory may be made to Dana-Farber So far, he said, 25–30% of the injections given at the Cancer Institute to support its Center for Cancer clinic have been for opioid- and alcohol-dependence Genetics and Prevention (www.dana-farber.org/gift) treatment. or to Trinity Church (33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ Cummings said some of the clinic’s calls have come 08540). from people who want such treatment but don’t have a willing prescriber. ASHP Chief Executive Officer Paul W. So he has been working on involving a nurse practi- Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon), tioner to ease the prescribing process for those inquirers. FASHP, attended the Maryland So- Cummings, who describes heroin-addiction treatment ciety of Health-System Pharmacy with methadone as “substituting a beer for a bourbon,” (MSHP) Spring Seminar on April 14 favors naltrexone for treating opioid addiction. in Annapolis. He gave the keynote The opioid antagonist, he said, offers “a cleaner way to presentation titled “Pharmacists treat people” addicted to alcohol or opioids. Must Be Leaders: Perspectives on Leveraging Leader- ship to Improve Patient Care,” attended MSHP’s busi- —Cheryl A. Thompson DOI 10.2146/news170036 ness meeting, and installed new officers. Continued on page 770 768 AM J HEALTH-SYST PHARM | VOLUME 74 | NUMBER 11 | JUNE 1, 2017

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