Intro to Pharmacy Brokerage | Pharmacy Compliance Guide
Whether you’ve worked your whole career building your business, inherited or purchased from family, or more recently acquired the business, at some point all owners start to think about the next chapters of their life and selling their business. The world of pharmacy isn’t much different from othe…
Track and Trace for Pharmacies: Understanding DSCSA
Today's guest on the Pharmacy Compliance Guide is Greg Wozniak. Greg is the President of Healthcare Group at Excellis Health Solutions from New Hope, PA. Excellis Health Solutionsprovide end-to-end consulting and project management services for a wide range of organizations — from established Fort…
Hazardous Drugs in 2020, Reality is Here
Feeling overwhelmed by changing rules and regulations? Are audits, attestations and credentialing driving you crazy? Not sure how to keep up? We realize every facility is unique and has different compliance needs. If you are struggling in today's healthcare market, we can help with the follow…
Preparing the Hazardous Drugs Assessment of Risk - PPN Episode 863
Today's Pharmacy Compliance Guide is the second part of our series on preparing for USP <800> Hazardous Drugs (HD). In our last podcast, titled: “How will USP <800> Impact My Retail and LTC Pharmacy?” we addressed what each pharmacy must do to prepare for implementation of these guidelines. We cove…
How will USP 800 Impact My Retail and LTC Pharmacy - PPN Episode 850
How will USP 800 Impact My Retail and LTC Pharmacy? USP-800 was designed to address the proper handling of hazardous drugs (HDs) in a pharmacy setting. Its guidelines are plainly aimed at promoting patient and worker safety in and around non- sterile and sterile compounding. The first section clea…
Suspension of Competitive Bid: What's this mean to me? - PPN Episode 707
The R.J. Hedges Team delivers another "heads up" discussion on the Suspension of Competitive Bid and what this means to your pharmacy business. Listen to Becky & Jeff on the latest: Pharmacy Compliance Guide, part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network. CONTACT: Becky Templeton, CDME, ABI Directo…
Keeping in Compliance when Terminating Employees - PPN Episode 693
Becky Templeton and Jeff Hedges review the sensitve employer's issue and topic about Terminating Employees. Despite all of your efforts, you still may not see the type or quality of improvement needed, and the only option left is to sever the relationship. However, by now, you should have clea…
Protecting Your Patient's Data: HIPAA Off Shore Threat - PPN Episode 637
Becky Templeton Director of Business Development at R.J.Hedges & Associates talks with Jeff Hedges about With the increasing need for businesses to save on costs, many companies are utilizing offshore companies to help with customer service, tech support, billing processes, etc. Is it possible on…
Medicare Applications by the Numbers: Pharmacy Compliance Guide - PPN Episode 603
The NEW Segment part of the 'Pharmacy Compliance Guide' is hosted by Jenny Schell, CDME Sr. Compliance Strategist with R. J. Hedges & Associates. Podcast on Medicare Applications by the Numbers A lot of people ask me about Medicare. There is a lot of confusion on who needs what number. Im…
DEA Documentation Requirements - PPN Episode 587
DEA Documentation Requirements Special Guest: Carlos Aquino from PharmaDiversion LLC™ In early 2017, we saw DEA changing their focus on pharmacy compliance. DEA increased their enforcement from the verification of the Combat Methamphetamine Certificate to a more formal on-site inspection. Now wi…