OSHA Update – Live Training Webinar
If you are a pharmacist providing immunizations or CLIA-waived testing services, or a pharmacy technician or other health care professional assisting with these services, you must have live OSHA...
View ArticleOpen-Forum Webinars: PBMs and Public Chapter 569
Since the successful passage of Public Chapter 569 and its effective date of July 1, 2021, TPA has heard from many pharmacists and pharmacy technicians about the implementation process, especially...
View ArticleTennessee Legislative Special Session on COVID-19 State Regulations
Please note that the following information is only the bill that has been passed by the General Assembly and is NOT YET LAW. Governor Lee has until the end of next week to sign, veto, or allow the bill...
View ArticlePharmacy Organizations, TPA Cheer Eighth Circuit Decision Supporting State...
Nashville, TN (November 19, 2021) – Earlier this week, pharmacy organizations praised a decision by the Eighth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to back North Dakota’s right to regulate PBMs. The...
View ArticleWorkplace Conditions Push Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to the Brink
Nashville, TN (December 20, 2021) – Overwhelmed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have loudly expressed concerns about busy pharmacy practice settings in Tennessee and across the country. This cry...
View ArticleTPA’s Lucy Shell Named Board of Pharmacy Executive Director
Nashville, TN (January 25, 2022) – The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy has announced that Lucy A. Shell, PharmD, will be the next Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Executive Director. Dr. Shell has served at the...
View ArticleTPA to Legislators: Enforceable PBM Reform Cannot Wait
Nashville, TN (February 8, 2022) – Pharmacists across the country have long felt the damaging effects of Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) on their daily practice. In 2021, the Tennessee General...
View ArticleNews You Can Use from the 2022 TPA Winter Meetings
The 2022 TPA Winter Meetings are behind us, and there’s a lot we want to share! As pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians from across the state joined us for our first in-person...
View ArticleTPA Announces Dr. Marlin Blane’s Appointment to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy
Nashville, TN (March 25, 2022) – The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), the only professional association representing pharmacists in all practice areas across the state, today announced that...
View ArticleGovernor Bill Lee Signs Enforceable PBM Reform Bill into Law
Nashville, TN (May 26, 2022) – Governor Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 2458 / House Bill 2661 into law (as Public Chapter 1070). Thanks to Lt. Governor Randy McNally and Speaker Cameron Sexton, the many...
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