PUTTcast | Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency

A History of Racial Diversity in Pharmacy w/ Special Guest Dr. Leonard Edloe | PUTTcast Episode 8

A History of Racial Diversity in Pharmacy with Special Guest Dr. Leonard Edloe
Join PUTT in a frank conversation with special guest Dr. Leonard Edloe about the history of racial diversity in pharmacy, the challenges medical professions still face today, and how we as pharmacists and people can help our profession move forward towards more diversity and greater understanding.
Hosts: Scott Newman, PUTT Board President & Lauren Young, PUTT Board Member Guest: Dr. Leonard Edloe, Chair of VPhA's Racial Diversity Task Force
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The Whistleblower Exclusive | PUTTcast

PUTTcast Episode 7: 
Hosts: Monique Whitney, Scott Newman (PUTT President & VA pharmacy owner), Owen Sullivan (IL pharmacy owner & PUTT Board member)
Special Guest: Dr. John Borzilleri
Listen in for an "ear-opening" conversation with special guest Dr. John Borzilleri - a medical doctor and financial investment specialist who began filing whistleblower cases against PBM practices back in 2014.
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The Legislative Value of Independent Pharmacy Associations | PUTTcast Episode 06

PUTTcast Episode 6:
The Legislative Value of Independent Pharmacy Associations
Guests: David Osborne, Don Caffrey, Randal Johnson, & student intern Christopher LaGrange from LIPA Todd Brown of the Massachusetts Independent Pharmacists Association Sherine Joseph from Independent Pharmacies of Maryland
Co-Hosts Monique Whitney & Lauren Young discuss the legislative value of state independent pharmacy associations with guests from LIPA, MIPA, and IPMD - three state independent pharmacy associations each in different stages of their development. 
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Insights from the Virginia Pharmacists Association | PUTTcast Episode 05

PUTTcast Episode 5 - Chatting with VPhA
Guests: Christina Barrelle, Executive Director of VPhA, Howard Estes, Attorney & VPhA Lobbyist, Co-Hosts PUTT Executive Director Monique Whitney & PUTT Board President Scott Newman
PUTT chats with the Virginia Pharmacists Association about building relationships with state legislators, their recent win in PBM reform, and how they managed to catch the PBM lobby off guard to get things done.
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PUTTcast Episode 4: The Boardcast - PPN Episode 993

PUTTcast Episode 4: The Boardcast
Join us for frank discussions with a few of the PUTT Board Members about the effects of state politics on the business of pharmacy, and new paths that independent pharmacies must take to stay in focus and in business in the soon-to-be "new normal" of post-COVID-19
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Indy Health Insurance Company | PuttCast Episode 03 - PPN Episode 978

PUTTCast Episode 03 Guests: Indy Health Insurance Company 
Laura Atkinson, CEO, Indy Health Inc.
Eric Belldina, Pharmacy owner in Morgantown, WV & a Managing Partner of Indy Health John Vinson, CEO, Arkansas Pharmacists Association
Show Overview: 
PUTT speaks with 2 of the founders of the newly licensed Indy Health Insurance Company and John Vinson of the AR Pharmacists Association about the need for independently-run Medicare Part D plans and the positive impacts of DIR reform for both pharmacies and patients.
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Exposing the Truth about PBMs - Introducing the PUTTcast - PPN Episode 933

Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) is a non-profit advocacy organization founded by independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners devoted to exposing the truth about the anti-competitive tactics of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs). Known to most Americans as their "prescription drug benefit plan" provider, PBMs are in reality a $300 billion industry - giant corporate middlemen driving up the cost of medications with huge mark ups and commissions on every prescription covered under their "benefits plan." 
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Working with local and national traditional and digital media that includes The New York Times, USA Today, CBS News, Bloomberg, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and Business Insider, PUTT seeks to educate patients, lawmakers, health plan sponsors and the public about the deeply negative effects of the PBM industry on U.S. healthcare and the escalating price of prescription medications.
PUTT serves as an industry watchdog, collecting evidence of PBM fraudulent practices and abuse and using this information to educate and inform consumers, taxpayers, employers and health plan sponsors of the truth about the unregulated, unmonitored PBM industry. Through PUTT's efforts, PBMs have begun to experience greater public awareness and scrutiny of their actions and come under fire for questionable practices including the use of gag clauses at the pharmacy counter, gross over-billing of health plans (called "spread pricing"), forcing patients to use PBM-owned pharmacies instead of allowing patients to choose their own pharmacies and interjecting unnecessary bureaucratic practices such as prior authorizations between patients and their doctors in the matter of prescription refills.
PUTT members and friends are pharmacists, doctors, patients, consumers, lawmakers, taxpayers and community members. If you've got a story to tell about how PBMs have hurt your pharmacy, your patients, your family or your community, we urge you to join PUTT and help us stop PBM abuse today!
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