On November 21, 2012, the ACCP Board of Regents authorized the launch of a comprehensive initiative that will pursue legislative and regulatory changes to the Medicare program and relevant sections of the Social Security Act (42 USC and relevant sections, primarily Section 1861) to recognize the direct patient care services of qualified clinical pharmacists as a covered benefit under the Medicare program, regardless of the settings in which they practice. Read the ACCP Report article.

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is seeking candidates for the senior staff position of Director of Research. Read the ACCP Report article.

Register now at www.accp.com/ut and plan to attend Updates in Therapeutics^® 2013, April 19–23, 2013, in Reno, Nevada. Read the ACCP Report article.

For more than a decade, ACCP’s No. 1 advocacy priority has been to secure payment for pharmacists’ services under the Medicare program. Read the ACCP Report article.

ACCP, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) have partnered to submit petitions to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) in seeking recognition of both critical care pharmacy practice and pediatric pharmacy practice as specialties in pharmacy. Read the ACCP Report article.

ACCP is accepting submissions until Friday, January 18, 2013 for the 2013 ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium. Submit your abstract.