John David Scheper Jr., PharmD

340B Pharmacist @ThePrismaHealth • PGY1/2 HSPAL Residency @MUSChealth • PharmD @PC_Pharmacy

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

@SenatorTimScott The 340B program funds these types of programs without using tax payers dollars!

[KP, Pharm.D. @kpharmd12]

We lost $38 on Ozempic recently.

Patient actually showed me his EOB from his Medicare Part-D plan.

Plan paid over $1,200

PBM paid our pharmacy $876 and pocketed the spread, which was well over $300 for one drug.

If you aren’t enraged by this: unfollow me right now.

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

@Delta incredibly impressed with the response to a medical emergency on my flight to Atlanta. You should be extremely proud of your crew and their ability to handle a difficult situation.

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Columbia can replicate this success with further investments in @RiverbanksZoo! @colamayor

[The Post and Courier @postandcourier]

The South Carolina Aquarium attracts roughly 500,000 recorded visitors each year. The impact of the growing number of visitors, and the money they spend around town, has a ripple effect far beyond the Charleston harbor the maritime attraction overlooks. https://t.co/gh1EwHEVvu

[Loretta Boesing @BoesingLoretta]

"Eighty-four percent — we could not distinguish between political party — are very concerned about PBMs," said Blum, "& over 80% want to see PBMs regulated by members of Congress and by state legislatures.
#StopPBMabuse #pharmacy #RXTwitter #TwitterRX

https://t.co/3GhCgCUIVj

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Patients in District 4, and across South Carolina, need legislation that protects the 340B program.

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Thank you @RepTimmons for meeting with me today. The #Protect340B Act (H.R. 2534) puts a stop to #PBM and health insurer payment discrimination against #340B hospitals.

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

My hospital @theprismahealth uses #340B savings to reduce hospital readmissions and provide OB/GYN services to uninsured/underinsured patients. Thank you to @SenatorTimScott's office for taking time to meet with me today to discuss this important #healthpolicy topic. #Protect340B

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Thank you Grant Singleton from @LindseyGrahamSC's office today for meeting with me to discuss the need for U.S. Senate legislation to stop #PBM and health insurer payment discrimination against #340B hospitals and providers. #Protect340B

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

When the savings no longer exists, guess who gets hurt first…

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Pfizer and GSK are the latest manufacturers to impose additional #340B restrictions. Thats 5 manufacturers who are restricting hospitals to one Contract Pharmacy. What does that mean? Check back in a year when your health-system is shutting down local clinics to stay afloat…

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

These restrictions won’t reduce savings by a few hundred or a few thousand, they’ll reduce your local health systems savings by millions. Every year that savings is used to treat our most vulnerable populations and cover the cost of free care.

[Senator Tim Scott @SenatorTimScott]

Change your thinking, and you’ll change your destiny. This is how Americans can be empowered to create a brighter future for themselves and our nation.

[Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley]

Testified b4 Senate Commerce Cmte 2day about my bipartisan work 2 hold powerful middlemen called PBMs accountable & lower Rx drug costs 4 patients Cantwell-Grassley PBM Transparency Act will put sunshine on PBMs let’s pass bill ASAP

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Pharmacists everywhere are triggered by the hold music on that bud light commercial.

[Mary Douglass Smith @SC_Pharmacist]

This screenshot right here will help illustrate why there's a shortage of pharmacists working in these conditions (and it's not the "Big Bonuses" part). 😵🥴 #baskettowers #patientsafety #TwitteRx

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Truly one of the most difficult areas of pharmacy to work in. Shout out to all the retail pharmacists for holding it down

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

I guess CVS and Walmart forgot to speak with their employees first… There’s no shortage of pharmacists, these companies simply don’t provide adequate resources to run the pharmacy.

[CNN @CNN]

An apparent shortage of pharmacists is forcing CVS and Walmart to reduce the hours of its pharmacies, as they close earlier in thousands of locations. https://t.co/SGaBhUpS7j

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

What pharmacist wants to work for a company that covets profits over its people and patients? Short/no lunch breaks, cuts in technician hours, and generally requiring additional responsibilities without adequate staff (ie. Covid and flu vaccines).

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Everyone once in a while the group laughs, and I find myself awkwardly laughing as well so I feel part of the group. But I'm at home. Laughing by myself. At conversation I can't hear. With two cats staring at me.

[John David Scheper Jr., PharmD @ScheperJohn]

Trying to listen to the SC Board of Pharmacy meeting on YT is virtually impossible. 3 yrs after covid pushed us to virtual meetings and we're still having trouble with technology