Compounders on Capitol Hill News!
March 28, 2018
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Would you spend one day on the Hill with us if we told you your voice makes a huge difference?
We understand it is hard to be out of the pharmacy, but would you be willing to spend one day with us on Capitol Hill sharing your personal stories and your patients' stories? Face-to-face visits are so powerful and no one can tell your story like YOU. You are far more influential than you realize. Your visits to Congress are invaluable and we can't do it without you.
Compounders on Capitol Hill
(CCH) brings together the top-level compounding pharmacists and technicians from across the country with the same goal - to preserve patient access to vital compounded medications. Network and Reconnect with old friends and meet new colleagues who share your passion and interest in preserving patient access to compounded medications.
The 24th Annual Compounders on Capitol Hill will be held June 23-26, 2018 at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel. With more than 300 expected attendees in 2018.
A message from IACP President, Erik Tosh and Past President, Baylor Rice on why you NEED to ATTEND #CCH2018!
Register TODAY!!!
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Make Your Hotel Reservation by May 21, 2018 to get the IACP Group Rate!
ACT NOW!
Reserve your hotel room on or before Monday, May 21, 2018 to receive the
IACP group rate.
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CCH 2018 Overall Champion and State Captain Competition
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IACP Announces Competitions that Offers Free or Greatly Reduced CCH Registration as Awards!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
GET ACTIVE, GET INVOLVED, GET ENGAGED!
This competition is as simple as telling others why attending CCH is so important
. Compounding is personal and so are the stories from you and your patients. Your Voice Matters - Your Vote Matters. YOU have something that no one else has - YOUR vote which spans in every Congressional district. YOUR presence is important as we Storm the Hill and walk the Halls of Congress at CCH! The stakes are too high, and this is not the time to sit on the sidelines and hope that someone else will represent compounding pharmacy. Join your colleagues in preserving patient access to deliver this messaging like ONLY YOU can.
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Amazing Sessions and Topics Coming Your Way!
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The IACP Education Committee, Chaired by IACP President-Elect, Jennifer Burch, has worked incredibly hard to deliver amazing speakers covering vast and critical topics impacting pharmacy compounding and your patients.
Stay tuned as we bring additional information on speakers and topics your way! For a sneak peek - we have amazing sessions coming your way such as...
Keynote Presentation- Congressman Morgan Griffith:
Your Role in the Effort to Preserve Patient Access to Compounded Medications
Compounding Compliance: SOPs and Staff Training
Brenda Jensen, CPhT, CNMT, MBA, Compounding Consultants, LLC
Walking the Halls of Congress for Patients: What you need to know!
Cynthia E. Blankenship, Esq. EVP, IACP; David Pore, Partner, Hance Scarborough LLP; Jim Turner, Former Member of Congress (TX) Partner, Hance Scarborough LLP
What's Going on Legislatively, Judicially, and by way of Enforcement? A Pharmacy Law Update
Deborah Pearce, JD, Law Offices of Deborah A. Pearce
What's Going on in the States? State Legislative and Regulatory Update
David Kosar, BSJ, MAJ, Consultant, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA)
How to Successfully Interact with Media to Preserve Patient Access
David Ball, MS, President and Founder, Ball Consulting Group, LLC
Pharmacy Design Considerations for USP <800>
Bryan Prince, MBA, Lab Red Pharmacy Consultants LLC
FDA PCAC- Why Is It So Important, How Does It Function, and What is IACP Doing?
A.J. Day, PharmD, Director of Clinical Services, PCCA
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Incredible Social Gatherings that Let you Have a Blast with Your Colleagues!
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Welcome Reception
Sponsored By: Letco Medical
Welcome Reception with Exhibitors Saturday, June 23, 2018 6:00-8:00 p.m. Start your Compounders on Capitol Hill experience off right! Jump off the plane, put your bags in your room, and come celebrate the kickoff of #CCH2018! Join us for cocktails and nibbles, mingle with old friends and meet new colleagues.
Happy Hour
Sponsored By: FlackTek SpeedMixer
After a long day of CE sessions, come unwind with your colleagues at a fun-filled Happy Hour
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Drink tickets will be provided by the sponsoring company, so be sure to stop by FlackTek SpeedMixer's exhibit booth!
14th Annual Rx Mixer: Aloha State of Mind
The ONLY IACP Foundation fundraiser of the year and helps support the Foundation's invaluable mission! This fun Party with a Purpose is being held Sunday, June 24, 2018 from 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Early Bird Price is $150 per person until March 31, 2018 (one event ticket and three drink tickets).
The Regular Price is $175 and Late Registration is $200 after June 10, 2018. This is a separate ticketed event.
This event ensures a night to remember and an awesome opportunity to relax and party all night with your colleagues. Join us in paradise and come relax with your colleagues and friends. Guests will be treated to a fun evening of classic food, cold drinks, fellowship, and Dueling Pianos to lead us in song and cheer! Try your hand at the Live Auction, Silent Auction by the IACP Foundation, Memorabilia Silent Auction by GrandStand Sports and the Reverse Card Draw!
Join us in Paradise and Party with a Purpose by registering here.
COMP PAC Dinner and Fundraiser
IACP COMP PAC offers the rare and incredible opportunity to meet with Members of Congress one-on-one to share your and your patients' stories. We have heard your request for more opportunities to meet Members of Congress in this rare, small setting, and your COMP PAC is answering the call by having more PAC events than ever at #CCH2018!
As a sneak peek on the events to come, IACP COMP PAC is continuing the tradition of offering the amazing opportunity to break bread with a Member of Congress over a glorious three course meal at Ruth's Chris Steak House, Monday, June 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
You will have the incredible opportunity to speak to the Member of Congress in a fun and relaxed environment. This event also serves as the SOLE IACP PAC Fundraiser of the YEAR!
IACP COMP PAC Lunch Fundraiser
Stay tuned for details coming soon on a NEW IACP COMP PAC Lunch Fundraiser at CCH and your opportunity to meet a true pharmacy champion and share your and your patients' stories! You won't want to miss this NEW PAC event!
Your attendance and donations to COMP PAC events are essential in helping preserve patient access to compounded medications. Your voice makes a tremendous difference - we need YOU at IACP COMP PAC events this year!
Stay tuned as we release additional information on these events in the coming week!
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Storm the Hill with Your Colleagues in Washington, DC and Share Your Patients' Voices with Capitol Hill to Preserve Patient Access to Compounded Medications!
IACP's Governmental Affairs
team, working closely with 30+ organizations comprising the DQSA Coalition, has made tremendous progress in the past year towards policy changes at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in order to preserve patient access to compounded medications.
Changes include:
- The introduction of bipartisan legislation
- Testifying at a Congressional hearing on patient access concerns resulting from FDA's implementation of the DQSA
- Obtaining Congressional letters instructing FDA on how the Agency continues to prohibit patient access to vital compounded medications by not implementing the DQSA as Congress intended
- Obtaining language within Congressional funding legislation
- Hosting a Congressional staff briefing with physicians and pharmacists that shared their patient stories and access concerns
We need hundreds of compounding pharmacists on
Capitol Hill, June 25, 2018
to educate Members of Congress about FDA's overreach and to rally our congressional champions to protect patient access to compounded medications and your ability to practice pharmacy.
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| Be Prepared to Storm the Hill with IACP |
Now is the time for all Compounders to come together to work for the benefit of our profession to improve patient safety. It is our time to work together to lobby our elected officials with one unified voice.
Can IACP depend on you to Storm the Hill?
To make sure you're prepared bring the following items you to Storm the Hill:
- Bring business cards
- Small bag or backpack to put your belt, keys, phone, coins, etc in for security lines at the Hill
- Wear comfortable dress shoes
- Lab coat
- Business attire appropriate with white coat (ex. suit and tie, etc.)
- Please note that in order to ensure you are able to attend ALL your scheduled meetings, please do not schedule your flight before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26th!
Join your colleagues in preserving patient access and join us in the Halls of Congress to deliver this messaging like ONLY YOU can!
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Thank You, CCH 2018 Exhibitors and Sponsors!
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We couldn't do it without you!
Thank you for generously supporting IACP and our #CCH2018!
We would like to thank the following exhibitors for their commitment to
Compounders on Capitol Hill:
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), AirClean Systems, ARL Bio Pharma, Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., AX Pharmaceutical Corp, B&B Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cardinal Health OptiFreight Logistics, Charles River, DoseLogix/Topi-CLICK, DUTCH test by Precision Analytical, Eagle Analytical Services, Encore Scientific, Fagron, Inc., FlackTek, Inc., Hardy Diagnostics, IJPC, Infinity Laboratories, Letco Medical, MEDISCA, PCCA, Pestle® Pharmacy Compliance Software, Q.I. Medical, Rxinsider, Spectrum Pharmacy Products, Storey Marketing, Willow Birch Pharma.
We would like to thank the following meeting sponsors for their support of the 2018
Compounders on Capitol Hill:
DoseLogix/Topi-CLICK (Meeting Notepad/Pen Combo);
Flacktek, Inc. (Happy Hour);
Letco Medical (Welcome Reception, President's Reception, Meeting Hotel Key Cards, Congressional Handbooks);
PCCA
(Meeting Syllabus, Name Badge Holder, Travel Mugs, CE Session).
We would like to thank the following individual and pharmacy meeting sponsors for their support of Compounders on Capitol Hill:
Presidential Sponsor
: Jeffery Bray, CEO, MedQuest Pharmacy, North Salt Lake, Utah.; Congressional Sponsor: Billy Chatoff, Pharmacist, Colchester, Vermont; Judicial Sponsor: Bradley McCloskey, Owner, University Compounding Pharmacy, Troy, Michigan.;
Contributor Sponsor
: Amy Blackwell, Chief Marketing Officer, Monument Pharmacy Inc., Monument, Colorado; Kevin Borg, Owner/Pharmacist, Potter's House Apothecary, Peoria, Arizona; Jim Hrncir, RPh/Owner, Las Colinas Pharmacy Compounding and Wellness, Irving, Texas; Charles Lipeles, VP, Mecart Cleanrooms, Michleton, New Jersey, Phung Matthews, Pharmacy Director,
MedQuest Pharmacy, North Salt Lake, Utah; Steve Moore, PharmD, Condo Pharmacy, Plattsburgh, New York; Hali O'Malley, Pharmacy Compliance Director, MedQuest Pharmacy, North Salt Lake, Utah.
How Can You Support this Event?
We would love to have your support as an exhibitor and sponsor! Please consider both, today!
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