ASHP’s in-depth policy papers are used by ASHP’s frontline advocates, members and state affiliates to educate policymakers.

Policy Analysis Papers

• Improving Health Care Quality Drives Payment Reform [PDF]
• Medical Marijuana [PDF]
• Pharmacists' Role in Accountable Care Organizations [PDF]
• Hospitalist payment: A model for health-system pharmacists? [PDF]
• The Impact of the Final 2009 CMS Hospital Outpatient Department Rule [PDF]
• Pharmacists' MTM Services Key to Health Care Homes' Success [PDF]
• PDUFA IV Strengthens FDA Oversight, Increases Drug Safety; Additional Drug User Fees Help Finance Expanded Authority [PDF]
• Pharmacist Provider Status in 11 State Health Programs [PDF]
• Optometrist Licensure: Lessons for Pharmacy [PDF]

Recent Policy Alerts

• Prescribing Errors Most Common Catch for ED Pharmacists [PDF]
• Projecting Drug Expenditures in 2012 [PDF]
• PHS Calls for Pharmacist Provider Recognition, Payment [PDF]
• Diabetes Program at Pharmacist-led Clinic Improves Patients' Outcomes, Study Shows [PDF]
• Oncology Pharmacist Finds Adverse Events, Cuts Costs [PDF]
• Pharmacists Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Study Shows [PDF]
• Pharmacist Reduces Medication Discrepancies for Elderly Patients, Study Shows [PDF]
• Adverse Drug Events Drop 42% at Children's Hospitals, Study Finds [PDF]
• Pharmacists Reduced Drug Problems, Costs Through Primary Care MTM, Study Shows [PDF]
• Pharmacists on Medical Home Team Resolved Medication Problems, Study Finds [PDF]