By Dr. Michael Crowe My job as a pharmacist is to help patients get and stay healthy using prescription and over-the-counter medications, providing guidance and advice along the way. The way the process should work: A doctor prescribes a medication, and, after ensuring it is appropriate, we dispense it. Sadly, the way it works too often is that a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) gets between p...

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(Lansing, Mich.) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law today House Bill 4348, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform, just under a year after it was introduced. Michigan now joins 40 other states that are making serious advances in reigning in these powerful healthcare middlemen. The bill was authored by the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) and was considered one of the most comp...

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Detroit — When Nikki Neuzil opened her vintage clothing shop in 2018, the exterior of the century-old building on Vernor Highway needed lots of repairs. The storefront for Flamingo Vintage has a deep glass display windows where Neuzil shows off the clothing, accessories and housewares she sells. However, it lacked proper signage, had running tar, and mortar was crumbling from ...

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Tammy Busch, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a clinical pharmacist at Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital and was an MSHP/MPA member from 2016-2018 and rejoined in 2021. Describe Your Role/Day in the Life: I work in a small community hospital which also has an attached long-term care facility and an infusio...

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Julie Schmidt is a cardiology clinical pharmacist at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo and has been an MSHP/MPA member since 2013. Describe Your Role/Day in the Life: It depends on the day! Some days, I work on the inpatient cardiology floor, and other days, I am working in our outpatient heart failure clinic. On the inpatient side, I work with providers and nurses to make sure patient...

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