National Community Pharmacists Association

11/16/2025

⏳ Two days to go!

There’s still time to register for this upcoming session on asthma rescue therapy. Join us as we review evolving guidance from GINA, the impact of airway inflammation and systemic corticosteroid exposure, and an inhaled corticosteroid-containing rescue approach for patients across asthma severities.

Sponsored by AstraZeneca.

🔗 Register here:

How do YOU approach rescue therapy for your patients with asthma? Join us as we examine the role of variable inflammation in the occurrence of asthma exacerbations and the consequent burden of systemic corticosteroid exposures. See recent recommendations from GINA supporting an anti-inflammatory res...

11/14/2025

💊 I Am NCPA: Tyler Dalton, PharmD
Tyler leads nine Dalton Pharmacy locations in Alabama, where his team combines clinical care with a mission to help patients access and afford their medications. Community connection is at the heart of everything they do.

“We want to be active members in the community. When we look to go into a town, we want to have local people there and a local presence.”

📚 Read his story in this month’s America’s Pharmacist®: https://ncpa.org/americas-pharmacist

11/12/2025

⏰ Happening tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET

Join our Learning Hour with Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, co-founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. He’ll walk through five pillars to bring clarity and confidence to your financial life and you'll leave with small, practical steps to reduce anxiety, stay proactive, and strengthen your overall financial well-being.

🔗 Register now:

Financial stress often comes from uncertainty; not knowing where you stand, where you’re headed, or how all the pieces fit together. In this session, Your Financial Pharmacist Co-founder & CEO, Tim Ulbrich, PharmD will cover five foundational pillars that bring clarity and confidence to your finan...

11/12/2025

🧠 Get your Mental Health First Aid Certification!

Pharmacists and pharmacy team members are more likely to encounter a mental health episode than a CPR situation, making MHFA training a vital skill.

This virtual training on Dec. 16 will help you identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults.

🗓️ Thanks to the support of the Cardinal Health Foundation, we are able to offer a $50 discount on all registration fees. Registration closes Dec. 9 — don’t wait!

🔗 Claim your spot: ncpa.org/mental-health-first-aid

Pharmacists and pharmacy team members are more likely to need to respond to a mental health episode than to a situation requiring basic life support or CPR. Mental Health First Aid training, therefore, could be considered more important than CPR training.

11/12/2025

Join NCPA and PTCE for an upcoming live CE webinar on Nov. 13. Expert faculty will examine guideline-based management strategies, clinical applications of novel agents, and patient-centered approaches for pharmacists to improve outcomes in patients with gout.

🖥️ Register now: https://bit.ly/3Le4aog

11/11/2025

🎙️ Live from the expo floor!

Host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen catch up with Kevin Day, PharmD, CPESN® Luminary of the Year and owner of Day’s Pharmacies, to explore how team-based care models are driving better patient outcomes and advancing community pharmacy practice.

🎧 Tune in: https://ncpa.org/rxforumpodcast

11/10/2025

🌴 Ready to grow your pharmacy footprint and strengthen your existing locations? Registration opens in just one week for NCPA’s Multiple Locations Conference, Feb. 18-21 in Clearwater Beach, Fla.

Learn from experts, network with peers, and gain the tools to expand and advance your practice.

🔗 Learn more: https://ncpa.org/multiple-locations-conference

11/10/2025

📅 Four days to go until registration closes! Expand your clinical services and build a point-of-care testing program in your pharmacy with the NASPA Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Test and Treat Certificate Program.

The 20-hour ACPE-accredited certificate program includes:
✅ Comprehensive material regarding key disease states
✅ Physical assessment
✅ Point-of-care tests
✅ Collaborative practice models
✅ Business models

Secure your spot:

The NASPA Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Test & Treat National Certificate Program provides an opportunity to gain the skills and information necessary to develop a testing program such as influenza, Group A Streptococcus, HIV, Hepatitis C, coronaviruses, and chronic diseases.

11/08/2025

🎉 We’re excited to welcome SRS Pharmacy Systems, a pharmacy management software and services, to the NCPA family!

🔗 Learn more: https://www.srspharmacy.com/
🌐 Explore all of NCPA’s corporate members: https://bit.ly/3Mx1uiZ

SRS Pharmacy Systems is an integrated, EPCS certified, Pharmacy Management software and systems provider servicing pharmacies throughout the United States.

11/07/2025

🚨 Shifting to an Inhaled Corticosteroid-Containing Asthma Rescue Approach

Join us to explore recent GINA guidance supporting an anti-inflammatory rescue strategy across asthma severities. We’ll review the role of airway inflammation, the burden of systemic corticosteroid exposure, and data on a rescue therapy option.

Sponsored by AstraZeneca.
🔗 Register:

How do YOU approach rescue therapy for your patients with asthma? Join us as we examine the role of variable inflammation in the occurrence of asthma exacerbations and the consequent burden of systemic corticosteroid exposures. See recent recommendations from GINA supporting an anti-inflammatory res...

11/06/2025

A one-of-a-kind pharmacy desert mapping tool, developed by the University of Southern California with support from NCPA, is now accessible to the public. The tool allows users to drill down on specific geographic areas to identify areas of the country in which patients are without a nearby community pharmacy.

NCPA and USC unveiled the tool last year, but until this week, it wasn’t available for public use. Now, anyone can register to use it. It’s designed to be a powerful research tool for academics, public health officials, policymakers, industry leaders, journalists, and anyone else looking for data on pharmacy shortages anywhere in the country.

Read the press release: https://bit.ly/49F4XZw The tool was partially funded by the NCPA Foundation.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 4, 2025) – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), in collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC), today unveiled an interactive, user-friendly pharmacy shortage area mapping tool available to the general public for the first time. Previously...

11/05/2025

The November issue of America’s Pharmacist® is now live!

This month, we dig into:
📍 How holding PBMs accountable starts at the pharmacy
🤖 How AI is transforming the pharmacist’s role
🎓 Supporting new grads from student to practitioner
💬 A student voice on burnout and balance

Read now: https://ncpa.org/americas-pharmacist