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Top Advocacy Priorities

Learn more about ASHP’s top advocacy priorities by clicking on the appropriate links below.

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Medication Safety
Reimbursement Issues
Quality Improvement
Pharmacy Residencies Funding

Pharmacist Workforce
Technical Workforce
Other Important Issues

Medication Safety

05/29/08	Medicare Claims to Be Used to Monitor Drugs for Post-Market Adverse Events
05/21/08	Congress May Make Move on FDA Funding This Week
05/07/08	Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative Seeks Healthcare Providers
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Reimbursement Issues

08/22/08	NDC Update: ASHP's Data Quoted in Suit to Block NDC Requirement
06/19/08	ASHP Asks State Affiliates to Pursue Delay of Troublesome NDC Requirement
06/19/08	ASHP Urges CMS to Use Caution in Determining Payment for Hospital Acquired Conditions
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Quality Improvement

04/23/08	ASHP Steps in to Resolve Member Concerns about Proposed Standard
04/09/08	ASHP to TJC: Prospective Order Review in EDs Protects Patient Safety
03/12/08	Weigh in on Joint Commission's Medication Standards for EDs
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Pharmacy Residencies Funding

08/14/07

Background: ASHP Efforts to Secure Funding for Pharmacy Residencies

Pharmacist Workforce

06/04/08	ASHP Appeals to Agency to Keep Pharmacists in Loan Repayment Programs
03/26/08	Senate Moves Closer to Approving Loan Forgiveness for Pharmacists
03/26/08	ASHP Co-Sponsors Conference on Medication Access in Rural Healthcare

Technician Workforce

06/25/08	Governor's Signature Sets Pharmacy Technician Registration, Training into Law
06/18/08	Society Advises Washington State on Requirements for Pharmacy Technician Training, Certification
06/11/08	Florida, Illinois, Michigan Affiliates Join ASHP's Technician Initiative
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Other Important Issues

06/04/08	ASHP, ASHP Foundation Award Research Grant to Study Evidence of Pharmacists' Value in Patient Care
05/07/08	Industry Distribution of Journal Articles Ineffective, ASHP Tells FDA
04/08/08	CMS Issues New ePrescribing Standards for Prescription Drug Program
02/13/08	Candidates' Healthcare Reform Positions Will Hit Pharmacy Workforce Hard

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