Labor and Employment  Law Basics  (Not for CE)
Demetrios Moschos

MA Legislative Update (Law)
Dennis Lyons, RPh

• List pending legislation and its impact on the Pharmacy Community.
• Summarize pending and current regulations impacting pharmacy practice.
• Explain the impact of proposed legislation on pharmacy practice.
• Describe pending legislation with regards to prescription drug cost.
  ACPE UAN 0027-9999-19-098-L03-P/T- knowledge based - 1 contact hour
  

Health & Disease State Track

Driven by Data: Cruising Down the Diabetes Highway
Kam L. Capoccia, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, RPh

• Analyze the most recent data related to drug therapy in the management of diabetes
• Apply the data to treat patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
• Develop a patient centered diabetes treatment plan
  ACPE UAN 0027-9999-19-078-L01-P - application based - 1 contact hour
  

Anticoagulation Management
Deana Hanna, PharmD, RPh

• Describe how clotting occurs and the morbidity associated with clots
• Explain the clotting cascade and how pharmacotherapy targets this process
• Summarize basic pathophysiology and appropriate treatment options for patients requiring anticoagulation treatment
• Identify advantages and disadvantages of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs)
• Identify how a pharmacist resolves medication related problems for patients on anticoagulation therapy
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-079- L01-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour
  

Clearing the Air about Vaping
Courtney Doyle Campbell, PharmD, RPh, AHSCP-CHC

• Describe the evidence for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices (ENDS) use in smoking cessation
• Review the health concerns associated with ENDS use
• Explain the impact of ENDS use on the adolescent population
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-080-L04-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour
  

Immunization Update 2019 (Law)
Todd Brown, MHP, RPh

• Identify changes to the 2019 CDC Immunization Schedule
• Explain changes to commercially available vaccines
• Describe research and recommendations to increase vaccination rates
• List important considerations associated with vaccination administration
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-081-L06-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour
  
  

Breakfast - Exhibits Open

Cannabinoids in Toxicology
Dayne Laskey, PharmD, RPh, DABAT

• Describe different types of cannabinoids
• Summarize recent trends in cannabinoid toxicity
• Give examples of challenges in treating patients effected by cannabinoids
  

  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-082-L01-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour

Keynote: The Opioid Epidemic; How We Got Here, How We End It and the Special Role for Pharmacists
Michael Botticelli, M.Ed., B.A., Boston Medical Center, Grayken Center for Addiction Treatment

• Identify the historical drivers of the current opioid epidemic
• Understand the morbidity and mortality consequences
• Understand the evidenced based practice and policies needed to reduce morbidity and mortality.
  

  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-089-L04-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour

Panel Discussion: Survivors Guide to Pharmacy Practice - What You Wish You Knew!
Moderator: Kim Tanzer, Pharm.D., RPh
Panelists:   Nicole Clark, Pharm.D., RPh
                    Thomas Cory, RPh
                    Alicia Mam daCunha, Pharm.D., RPh
                    Ashly McPhillips, Pharm.D., RPh

• Explain strategies to handle conflict with employees/ peers/ managers in multiple practices settings
• Describe burnout and the impact that burnout has on the pharmacist
• Give examples of issues that pharmacists face when dealing with insurance and prior authorizations and strategies to handle those problems
• Relate the process of social interviewing to the importance of integrating an understanding of cultural diversity into the interview process
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-083-L04-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour

Heidi Ecker, National Association of Chain Drug Stores

• Summarize the Constitution's establishment of Congress and its legislative ability to systemically create policy and law as outlined In Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution.
• Explain impactful communications tactics to advance the enactment of laws to improve quality health outcomes and access to pharmacy services for patients.
• Describe the 4 types of legislative meetings and how pharmacy can utilize scenarios to advance positions.
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-084-L04-P– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour

Lunch Break

Concurrent Tracks
The Attendee can choose to attend the 3-Hour Non-Sterile Compounding Track OR Concurrent Session 1a, 2a, 3a.

1:35 - 4:50 PM

Concurrent Session: Non-Sterile Compounding for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Omar Allibhai, PharmD, RPh, FACA
Timothy Fensky, RPh, DPh, FACA

• Describe the changes between current and proposed USP <795>
• Determine the assigned BUD of a non-sterile preparation
• Breakdown the individual components need for a master formulation record
• Determine appropriate quality control procedures for completed non-sterile preparation
  

  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-086-L03-P/T– application based – 3.0 contact hour

OR

1:35 - 2:35 PM

Concurrent Session 1a: Dispensing under ePrescribing Mandate in Massachusetts (Law)
Lauren B. Nelson, JD

• Identify items to look for to assure validity in written and oral prescriptions
• Recognize different follow-up and reporting requirements
• List applicable ePrescribing exceptions
• Describe schedule-based dispensing requirements
• Explain what is meant by "appropriate discretion" when dispensing non-electronic prescriptions
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-19-085-L03-P/T– knowledge based – 1.0 contact hour
  

2:35 - 3:35 PM   

Concurrent Session 2a: An Old idea Gets New Attention - Evolving Role of Pharmacists in End of Life Care     
Alifia Waliji-Banglawala, PharmD, RPh

• Summarize and Identify the role of the pharmacist in hospice and palliative care
•  Assess, recommend, and treat symptoms commonly encountered in the hospice setting
• Illustrate the hospice payment model and how it applies to providing medications in this patient population
• Interpret the concept of death with dignity and how the pharmacist contributes to the care of patients (with their caregivers) for optimal outcomes
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-1-087-L04-P – knowledge based - 1 contact hour
  

3:35 - 3:50 PM

Coffee Break

 3:50 - 4:50 PM

Concurrent Session 3a: Mental Health LAIs - The Role of the Community Pharmacist*
Charlie Caley, PharmD, RPh

• Describe why there is a need for community pharmacists to offer mental health LAI administration services
• Describe recent amendment to the 105 CMR 700 regulations*
• Contract the pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic characteristics in LAIs in current regulations
• Discuss the preferred procedure that a community pharmacist should use for a mental health LAI administration service 
  ACPE UAN: 0027-9999-1-088-L04-P – knowledge based - 1 contact hour