﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Generated by www.ashp.org on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:22--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ASHP Health-System Pharmacy New Capsules</title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules.aspx</link><description>ASHP Health-System Pharmacy News Capsules</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright2009 ASHP</copyright><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/</docs><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:22</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://www.ashp.org/images/ashprss.gif</url><title>ASHP</title><link>http://www.ashp.org/</link><width>57</width><height>34</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[ASHP Advocacy Contributes to CMS Shift on NDC Reporting Requirement]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=327</link><description><![CDATA[The settlement of an ASHP-supported lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) may relieve hospitals that bill medications at their &#8220;purchasing costs&#8221; of the requirement to report National Drug Code (NDC) numbers when submitting Medicaid claims.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=327</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASHP President Quoted by NPR, Reuters]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=326</link><description><![CDATA[ASHP President Lynnae Mahaney was recently quoted in several news reports about H1N1 vaccinations, as a result of an ASHP member survey that revealed hospital employees are concerned about the safety of the vaccine. 
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  Mahaney urged all health care workers to be vaccinated and was quoted or referenced in the following articles: 
  
    NPR &#8211; N.Y. Mandates Flu Shots for Health Care Workers 
    HealthDay &#8211; Many Americans Still Leery of Swine Flu Vaccine&#160;Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMSN.com&#160;
        Yahoo! News Shreveport Times&#160;
    Reuters &#8211; US health worker vaccine fears mirror public doubt ABC News CNBC&#160;
        Yahoo! News 
    The Columbus Dispatch &#8211;&#160;Experts praise it, but H1N1 vaccine isn&#8217;t an easy sell&#160; 
  
  ASHP has online resources for health care workers about seasonal and H1N1 flu. At www.YouCanStopTheFlu.com, pharmacists can find numerous resources to help their efforts to improve seasonal influenza immunization rates among health care workers. Pharmacists can find specific resources and information about H1N1 at www.ashp.org/H1N1.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=326</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Member Advocacy Still Needed during Health Care Reform Debate]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=325</link><description><![CDATA[In his speech to Congress and the nation last night, President Obama reiterated his commitment to achieving meaningful health care reform this year. He also outlined key principles and clarified some controversial elements of his vision for health care reform.
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  This public debate is well timed for pharmacists to weigh in. On Thursday, September 24, nearly a hundred hospital and health-system pharmacists will converge on Capitol Hill as part of ASHP&#8217;s Legislative Day. During this annual event, ASHP members from across the country meet with their Senators and Congressional representatives to educate them on the vital role of pharmacists in patient care. ASHP&#8217;s Principles for Health Care Reform and policy advocating for full health coverage is supportive of the approaches under consideration by Congress. This year, participants will be urging Congress to recognize pharmacists as non-physician providers, restore funding for second-year specialty residency programs, and authorize eligibility for the National Health Service Corps. 
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  All ASHP members are urged to&#160;contact their House and Senate members to seek their support on these three issues. Nearly one thousand members contacted their Members of Congress during the August recess. However, we have reached the critical stage of the process and lawmakers still need to hear from hospital and health system pharmacists. President Obama compared this effort to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare in 1965. This opportunity does not come very often and the time for pharmacy to act is now.
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  Read More]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=325</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ginsburg Elected ASHP President]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=324</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=324</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How You Can Help Ensure Health Care Reform Success for Pharmacy]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=323</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=323</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Health Care Reform Bill Adds MTM Provisions]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=322</link><description><![CDATA[Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have approved an amendment to health care reform legislation that will provide grants for pharmacist-provided medication therapy management services.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=322</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASHP Featured in US News & World Report Story on Pain Meds]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=321</link><description><![CDATA[Cynthia Reilly, director of the ASHP practice development division, was quoted in a US News &amp; World Report article about pain medications.&#160;
  
    Reilly's quote is copied below:]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=321</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Congress to Restore Funding for PGY2 Residencies in Health Care Reform Bills]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=320</link><description><![CDATA[You can help determine the outcome of the debates on health reform, by urging your congressional representatives to restore funding for postgraduate year two (PGY2) residency programs.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=320</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NQF Responds to ASHP Critique of Med Management Standards]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=319</link><description><![CDATA[The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently acknowledged the limitations of its quality measures for medication management, in response to ASHP&#8217;s call for measures that address critical functions performed by pharmacists. 
  
    The NQF&#8217;s National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Medication Management will have a major impact on the way pharmacists are able to practice, how the hospitals in which they work are accredited, and how hospitals and pharmacists are reimbursed for patient care services.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=319</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Health Care Reform Bill Keeps Pharmacist-Friendly MTM, Workforce Provisions]]></title><link>http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=318</link><description><![CDATA[Legislators have passed the first draft of health care reform legislation, which includes several measures championed by ASHP.]]></description><category>ASHP Action Line</category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ashp.org/import/news/NewsCapsules/article.aspx?id=318</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009</pubDate></item></channel></rss>