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Dedicated to the Profession of #Pharmacy | Healthcare Policy, Law, & #PBMReform | Part of the @PharmacyPodcast Network | The Business of #Pharmacy | Est. 2018

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

We stop thinking fully.

We stop relating fully.

Then we stop becoming fully.

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

🚨Just published: "AI is Creating a New Kind of Voyeur"

We’re not just using AI—some of us are becoming intellectual voyeurs. Watching polished thought unfold in our own voice…and claiming the satisfaction as our own.

A subtle but dangerous dissociation. 🔗
https://t.co/naFiEkQNGZ

#AI #LLMs #cognition #voueur

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

⚡️I've learned more from @Gil_Bashe than just about anyone I've ever met. His friendship and collaboration means the world to me.

📖His book Healing the Sick Care System is a must read.

https://t.co/kFbNd6GKho

#AI #medicine #heathcare

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

🤔 "This is why The Borrowed Mind is such an important read at this moment. It does not dismiss concerns around job displacement. It reframes it. The central challenge is not protecting roles as they exist today, but strengthening the uniquely human capacities no system can replicate."

🙏 Thank you @Gil_Bashe for your insightful review of The Borrowed Mind!

https://t.co/XPL0DOwMkL via @medikalife #AI #LLMs #cognition

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

"oh my god."

[Douglas Hoey @RPhDouglas]

AT&T was broken up in 1984. Time to do it again! Break up the vertically integrated Big Healthcare Insurance companies!
@HawleyMO @SenWarren @USDOJ @FTC https://t.co/3UYa2cNfNL

[Douglas Hoey @RPhDouglas]

Congratulations, Steve! You've had a storied career as a champion for the power of associations.
NCPA appreciates working w NACDS on aligned issues for pharmacy owners & operators during your tenure!

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

"For the first time in modern recorded history, Generation Z shows lower performance than previous generations in key cognitive domains..."

🚨Today's ESSENTIAL read!

📖The Borrowed Mind—Reclaiming Thought in the Age of AI

https://t.co/Kt21ZyweNL

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

🔥🔥🔥The single most thought-provoking voice on X!

@BrianRoemmele

cc: @elonmusk @CathieDWood

[SuiteRx @SuiteRx]

The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency over rising infant mortality rates in the state.

Read More:
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#SuiteRx #USNews #risingmortalityrate #healthemergency

[John Nosta @JohnNosta]

🚨I'm so bothered by this, but I'm not sure why. Care to discuss?

[Antonio Ciaccia @A_Ciaccia]

The legacy community pharmacy business model is getting cooked, but @GiantEagle is working to push through the firestorm.

Here's hoping that the grocery store where my grandfather worked as a butcher for many years can beat the trends. @jacktroywrites

https://t.co/vzcVgTwANC

[Megan Rech, PharmD, MS @MeganARech]

Nothing has made me love clinical pharmacy practice more than leaving it full time, taking some time away and coming back part time. This model doesn’t scale well but it makes me hopeful nonetheless.

[Iowa Pharmacy Association @IowaPharmacyIPA]

❗The Iowa House has passed SF 383! The bill now goes to Governor Reynolds’ desk for final approval.

In the past decade, over 200 Iowa pharmacies have closed. SF 383 aims to protect patient choice, level the playing field, and ensure fair reimbursement for pharmacies.

IPA commends the House and Senate for recognizing the urgent need to address #PBM abuses. 👏 #PBMReformNOW #IALegis

[Pharmacy Podcast Network @PharmacyPodcast]

🚀 Patient Care Win: Reducing Sugar to Improve Seizure Control

At @PerfectingPeds, they recently helped a 2-year-old patient on the ketogenic diet who was experiencing frequent seizures. The child was taking several high-carb liquid medications, which added nearly 5g of carbohydrates daily—far exceeding the 1g daily limit for the ketogenic diet.

🔄 What Perfecting Peds Did:
✅ Switched cyproheptadine oral solution to crushed cyproheptadine tablets via G-tube
✅ Replaced senna oral solution with crushed bisacodyl tablets
✅ Changed esomeprazole packets to omeprazole capsules dissolved in NaHCO₃ tablets

💡 The Impact:
✨ Reduced medication-related carb intake by almost 5g per day
✨ Improved seizure control
✨ Enhanced gastroparesis management

This case highlights the power of thoughtful medication adjustments in pediatric patients with complex needs. If your child is on a specialized diet, our pharmacists can help optimize their medication regimen for better health outcomes.

📅 Book an appointment with Perfecting Peds today!
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[Steve Moore @SteveMooreRx]

Excited for the opportunity to comment at @FTC Open Commission Meeting today on behalf of @CondoPharmacy! #FixRx #Fight4Rx

Thank you to the FTC staff, the commissioners, and to Chair Khan for your work in this space.

I am here today to comment in support of the FTC issuing a second interim report and finalizing the 6B study of the “impact of vertically integrated pharmacy benefit managers on the access and affordability of prescription drugs”.

Year after year, Condo Pharmacy continues to lose access to patients in our community whether it be due to restricted distribution channels, cost manipulation favoring our competition, or predatory below cost reimbursement.     

Our efforts here at the pharmacy have yet to result in any successful form of negotiation with these entities despite their claims before Congress to the contrary.  And while Condo Pharmacy is just a single pharmacy, our larger colleagues in the chain space are also struggling despite their size and expertise.   

I do want to share that Express Scripts has gone as far as to launch what it calls its “MoreThanRx” Program with 13 different pharmacist care service areas.  It was touted as a very exciting opportunity for pharmacists to be paid for providing services such as immunization, Opioid Management, and Point of Care Testing outside of the traditional dispensing model.  However, despite literally being titled “MoreThanRx”, pharmacists are ineligible to participate in this program if they are not contracted to fill prescriptions.   (Link: https://t.co/mkWaFWII14). 
I am not here today asking to increase prescription drug spending, enough money is already being spent.  But it is important to note that the state of NY expects to save more than half a billion dollars during the 2025 Fiscal Year as a result of kicking the PBMs out of our Medicaid program.  (Link: https://t.co/f0DwfHotE8

These savings will be reinvested back into patient care instead of lining the pockets of Fortune 20 profiteers. 
I urge the commission to not only release the second report but to give strong consideration to undoing this Gordian Knot and breaking these entities up once and for all.

[Pharmacy Podcast Network @PharmacyPodcast]

This Week in Pharmacy" TWIRx | Anisha Patel & Sunjay Vyas https://t.co/CBoRnTC8E8

[Pharmacy Podcast Network @PharmacyPodcast]

This Week in Pharmacy" #TWIRx | Anisha Patel & Sunjay Vyas

Today’s feature:
Starting your #Podcast

https://t.co/kCRgQqDUXm via @YouTube

[Rep. Diana Harshbarger @RepHarshbarger]

PBMs are a racket that squeezes out independent pharmacists, making it harder and more expensive for many patients to get the medicine they need.

I was proud to join a bipartisan effort to call on the FTC to release its newest report.
https://t.co/e64qcgV7MX

[Pharmacy Podcast Network @PharmacyPodcast]

World AIDS Day 2024

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#WorldAidsDay2024
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