Episodes

  • ICYMI #NCPA2024: InStep Health
    Jan 7 2025
    In our next episode, recorded live from #NCPA2024, Jason Wilkinson joins us to talk about the benefits of partnering with InStep Health, an NCPA corporate member. Wilkinson highlights how InStep Health facilitates patient-pharmacist conversations to build trust, improve health outcomes, and position pharmacies as essential community partners. Tune in to discover how their tailored products drive revenue, enhance patient education, and create measurable ROI for independent pharmacy owners. Click to learn more about InStep Health and sign up for their free marketing solutions.
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    18 mins
  • Vaccine Voices: Long-Term Care
    Dec 23 2024

    Join us for the first episode of the Vaccine Voices series, where we explore vaccination strategies across different demographics. In this episode, NCPA’s John Beckner sits down with Becky Snead, NCPA’s senior director of strategic initiatives and long-term care, and community pharmacist Chichi Ilonzo Momah to discuss the potential of administering vaccines in long-term care facilities. Learn how this rapidly growing business opportunity can enhance patient care and support pharmacy growth.

    This episode is sponsored by Pfizer.

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    25 mins
  • ICYMI #NCPA2024: Leadership Spotlight
    Dec 18 2024

    Join us for a conversation with Lea Wolsoncroft, RPh, 2023-24 NCPA president and owner of Remedies Pharmacy. Lea tells the story of her journey into pharmacy, how her first NCPA Annual Convention shaped her path, and her passion for compounding and pediatric pharmacy. She also reflects on her year as NCPA president, reveals what she enjoyed the most, and discusses the evolving role of pharmacists in public health and preventative care.

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    19 mins
  • ICYMI #NCPA2024: A Fresh Take
    Dec 11 2024
    In this episode, we get a fresh perspective on the annual convention from Brett Deese and Trey Kincaid, first-time attendees and P2 students at the VCU School of Pharmacy. They share their convention highlights and get some advice from our hosts and seasoned community pharmacists, John Beckner and Ed Cohen. Did their experience at #NCPA2024 influence which pharmacy path they will choose? Listen to find out.
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    15 mins
  • ICYMI #NCPA2024: The Next Generation
    Dec 5 2024

    K.C. Ogbonna, PharmD, MSHA, dean of VCU School of Pharmacy, is thinking outside the box to prepare students to enter a rapidly evolving industry. He joined us live at #NCPA2024 to share how VCU is igniting an interest in pharmacy with opportunities that cover the entire workforce, beginning with a high school program that introduces students to the world of pharmacy to a pharmacy technician program at VCU. Plus, we discussed combatting the unfavorable narrative around community pharmacy and why Ogbonna felt it was important to bring his students to the Annual Convention.

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    17 mins
  • ICYMI #NCPA2024 What's Up With Core?
    Nov 26 2024

    If you missed us LIVE at #NCPA2024, you're in luck because we are releasing the Independent Rx Forum interviews as individual podcast episodes!

    First up, an update on CORE with pharmacy owner and program co-creator Scott Pace. Hear what the inaugural cohort has been up to and how year one has progressed.

    Stay tuned for more episodes!

    Interested in learning more about CORE? Visit ncpa.org/core-program.
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    17 mins
  • Post-Election 2024: Where We Stand Now
    Nov 19 2024

    In this special Election ’24 edition, NCPA’s Kaite Krell and David Weissman break down the election results and the implications for NCPA’s top priorities.

    Click here to see how easy it is to join our "10 to win" campaign and help us push PBM reform across the finish line. Let's finish this fight!

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    23 mins
  • PBM Disruptor Mark Cuban
    Oct 16 2024

    Entrepreneur, television star, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, and now PBM disruptor Mark Cuban drops in this week to talk about his newest passion, Cost Plus Drugs, which is turning the industry upside down. Cuban is joined by Cost Plus Drug VP of Pharmacy Relations and Chief Privacy Officer Erin Albert, and well-known industry analyst Antonio Ciaccia. They bat it around with NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey for this very special episode of Independent Rx Forum. https://tccforms.webflow.io/form-one

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    1 hr and 5 mins