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ACCP Report - December 2012
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. |
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. |
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. |
Nominations for the 2013 “New” Awards (New Clinical Practitioner, New Educator, and New Investigator), 2013 Parker Medal, and 2013 ACCP Fellows (FCCPs) are due February 15, 2013. Read the ACCP Report article. |
All abstracts accepted for presentation (with the exception of “Encore Presentations”) in the Original Research and Clinical Pharmacy Forum categories will automatically be entered in the Best Poster Award competition. Read the ACCP Report article. |
Donations to the Frontiers Fund will further advance the mission of the Research Institute to develop clinical pharmacists as investigators and demonstrate the value of clinical pharmacy as a profession. Read the ACCP Report article. |
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