Important Announcements !!

The President of the United States:
Recognize Pharmacists as
Health Care Providers!!!

Although the United States Social Security Act acknowledges the importance of the clinical services provided by professionals such as dietitians, clinical social workers, nurses, and physician assistants; it does not recognize pharmacists as health care providers. Therefore, pharmacists cannot be reimbursed by Medicare for providing services such as medication therapy management, collaborative drug therapy management, and consultation services. This is a serious limitation to the ability of pharmacists to provide these services.

As drug regimens become more multifarious, the need to ensure proper medication use and adherence becomes even more important. Pharmacoepidemiology literature and studies such the as Ashville Project and the Diabetes Ten City Challenge have shown that interventions by pharmacists both lower health care costs and improve health outcomes such as lowering average systolic blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin, and LDL cholesterol¹. Changing the medication compensation structure is therefore important for both improving patient outcomes and for the progression of the profession of pharmacy. Please take a moment to read this petition to Congress and the President regarding this issue, and sign it electronically by entering your name and information if you agree that pharmacists should be recognized as health care providers.

¹Toni Fera, Benjamin M. Bluml, and William M. Ellis. Diabetes Ten City Challenge: Final Economic and Clinical Results. J Am

Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:e52–e60. 2009.

Please click here and sign the on-line petition!

Unwanted Pharmaceutical Collections

Free disposal of outdated,
unwanted, and unusable medications.
For a list of upcoming pharmaceutical
waste collection sites throughout
Monroe County go to:
www.monroecounty.gov/hhw

or call 585.753.7600 (option #3)

Sponsors: Monroe County DES, Monroe County Sheriffs,      
Wegmans Food Markets, NYS Police,
Covanta Niagara, Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and Drug
Information Center, Monroe County Water Authority,
Center for Environmental Information.

View/Download Flyer (pdf) or View/Download Flyer (doc)

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Welcome Members !!

Welcome to the new web site for the Pharmacy Society of Rochester. We hope to provide listings of upcoming events for our Society including CE programs and other social activities.

The Pharmacy Society of Rochester is an affiliate of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York. We represent the Pharmacists of Monroe and the five counties surrounding Monroe county including Cayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca and Yates.

One of our goals is to provide a minimum of 10 live , 2 contact hour, CE programs per year.

Interested in joining? - Click on the Links tab above and then click on the Membership Application Link and print out a membership form, fill it out and bring the form and your check to the next scheduled CE program and you will be able to attend for the members rate. It's as simple as that.