Dear Readers,
Welcome back to another week’s blog! This past week has given me the opportunity to go back to the Capitol and sit in committee meetings as well as participate in Julie Johnson’s presentation on PBMs to representative Carolyn McElfatrick. It was really interesting to see what it is like to set up a meeting with a representative and how receptive they are of the issues that are presented to them. Lobbyist Matthew Lemke was also there with us and participated in the presentation by explaining the detailed role and actions of PBMs in the world of pharmacy.
In the middle of the week we also had the chance to attend the eighty-seventh House of Representatives session. During this session we witnessed the Dental plan contract bill being passed. Also, a very passionate dentist that had been audited presented his case and explained what it is like to be audited when he was trying to provide services for an underserved population.
At the end of the week we had the chance to sit in the MPhA Editorial Advisory Meeting, where the committee members discussed the material that will be included in MPhA Spring and Summer magazine issues. This was a very neat experience because I got to experience how many different ideas were collected in a meeting that was just over an hour long. These ideas were also mainly focused on the interest of the readers and on the ability to improve the world of pharmacy.
I am also looking forward for the next week where I will have the chance to personally meet with some of the legislators and discuss Minnesota pharmacy issues. This will be a completely new experience for me and it will be nice to have this exposure to the legal system.
Until next time…
Festina
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