Ron Lanton Executive Director for Frier Levitt Government Affairs and Senior Counsel for Frier Levitt interviews Antonio Ciaccia, Director of Government & Public Affairs for the Ohio Pharmacists Association. 

We discuss spread pricing, NADAC and how Ohio's experience with PBMs can be a national model.

FLGA Podcast Ep 1: Antonio Ciaccia, Ohio Pharmacists Association

In this episode of the Frier Levitt Government Affairs Podcast, Ron Lanton interviews William D. Melofchik, Esq., General Counsel, National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)and discusses:
- The Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure and Regulation Model Act
- NCOIL's Model Law Framework on Drug Pricing Transparency
- NCOIL and its current priorities

FLGA Podcast Ep 2: William D. Melofchik, Esq., General Counsel, NCOIL

In this episode of the Frier Levitt Government Affairs Podcast, Ron Lanton interviews Varner Richards, Pharm.D. of Intramed Plus and Logan E. Davis, PharmD, MBA, of Vital Care Home Infusion Services live from the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) Annual Conference. They discuss:
     -  NHIA Conference highlights and the new NHIA executive team
     -  Home infusion and rising healthcare costs
     -  Home infusion reimbursement issues
     -  Medicare Parts B and D

FLGA Podcast Ep 3: Varner Richards and Logan Davis

In this episode of the Frier Levitt Government Affairs Podcast, Ron Lanton interviews Jonathan M. Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, Founder & CEO of STACK. They discuss:
•	The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) Annual Conference and data standards with specialty drugs and specialty pharmacy accreditation 
•	Current state of Specialty Pharmacy
•	New pharmacists dealing with the business of pharmacy and then drug supply chain
•	Some background on STACK (http://www.stackpharmacy.com) software solution for pharmacies

FLGA Podcast Ep 4: Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, Founder & CEO of STACK

In this episode of the Frier Levitt Government Affairs Podcast, Ron Lanton interviews Ed Schreiner from Stoll's Pharmacy in Waterbury, CT. They discuss:
      •  Challenges Retail Pharmacies are Facing
      •  Pharmacy Reimbursement Models
      •  Helping Patients Manage Their Medications 
      •  The Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN)
      •  The Northeast Pharmacy Service Corporation (NPSC) Helping 
         Pharmacists as Business Owners

FLGA Podcast Ep 5: Ed Schreiner of Stoll's Pharmacy in Waterbury, CT

In this episode of the Frier Levitt Government Affairs Podcast, Ron Lanton interviews Christine Simmon, Senior Vice President, Policy & Strategic Alliances of the Association for Accessible Medicines and Executive Director of the Biosimilars Council. They discuss: 
•	The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM)
•	AAM’s work towards greater patient access to Biosimilars
•	The Specialty market place and the evolution towards Biosimilars  
•	Greater Biosimilar utilization  
•	Biosimilars and drug pricing
•	Interchangeability
•	Value Based Payments
•	FDA Naming Conventions
•	The Purple Book Legislation

FLGA Podcast Ep 6: Christine Simmon of AAM and the Biosimilars Council

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