August 2019 DoD Pharmacy Enterprise Update (World Wide Webinar): Uniform Formulary and P&T Committee Updates

August 21, 2019

Program Description

The quarterly DoD Pharmacy Enterprise World Wide Webinars are intended, but are not limited to, providing updates to pharmacy and formulary management leaders regarding changes to the DoD pharmacy benefit design, pharmacy regulatory changes, and DoD pharmacy standardization policies and practices across all uniformed service military treatment facility pharmacies.

Target Audience

Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and other health care professionals on the formulary management team.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify and discuss recent updates to the uniform formulary, including previous P&T meeting clarifications, recent P&T drug class reviews and placement of newly FDA-approved drugs. 
  2. Explain new and changes to the current prior authorization criteria, and utilization management updates, such as medication quantity limits and medications added as line-extensions which may affect MTF dispensing.
  3. Summarize and discuss provisions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule related to hazardous pharmaceutical waste and how it affects military treatment facilities.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    UAN JA4008136-0000-19-106-L04-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    UAN JA4008136-0000-19-106-L04-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.00 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Course opens: 
09/03/2019
Course expires: 
10/03/2019
Event starts: 
08/21/2019 - 2:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/21/2019 - 3:00pm EDT
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CDR Heather Hellwig, MS, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA

Chief, P&T Section Formulary Management Branch Pharmacy Operations Division

Defense Health Agency San Antonio, TX

 

COL Paul Hoerner, PharmD, BSC

Deputy Chief of the Pharmacy Operations Division

Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA

 

DHA J-7 staff, Planning Committee Members and reviewers have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.
All faculty members have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    UAN JA4008136-0000-19-106-L04-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    UAN JA4008136-0000-19-106-L04-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.00 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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