Independent Rx Forum

Recorded live at #NCPA2025, host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen talk with Leanne Haley-Brown, CPESN® Pharmacy Care at Home and Closed Door Facility Care lead, about practical and sustainable ways pharmacists can remotely monitor patients and deliver care in their homes. The conversation highlights how these models expand access for people living in rural or underserved areas with limited health care resources.

In this special edition of Independent Rx Forum, NCPA General Counsel Matt Seiler is joined by Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Hon. Nicholas Bronni, Robert T. Smith, a partner the law firm Katten and a specialist in PBM litigation, and Arkansas Pharmacists Association CEO John Vinson to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case Rutledge v. PCMA. Listen now to find out how the case affected PBM regulation nationwide, and how it will affect future cases.

Host John Beckner sits down with Bruce Berger, PhD, president of Berger Consulting LLC and. emeritus professor at Auburn University, to discuss how health care providers can better connect with "difficult" patients and apply motivational interviewing techniques to build trust.

In this episode, host John Beckner sits down with Ronna Hauser, NCPA's senior vice president of policy and pharmacy affairs, and Mark Ey, RPh, senior vice president and COO, about how recent wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) reductions are reshaping the market — and what independent pharmacists can do now to protect their margins. They break down what's driving these changes, and the practical steps pharmacies can take to save thousands of dollars.

We have a winner! Host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen sit down with Rachel Helbling, pharmacy student at the University of Texas at Austin and captain of the winning team in the 22nd annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. Recorded live at #NCPA2025, Helbling discusses how her team prepared, what made their plan stand out, and lessons learned along the way.