Massachusetts Society of Health - System Pharmacists

10/10/2025

We are excited to present this ASHP Advantage live webinar on "The clinicians’ role in appropriately treating pain, while reducing opioid-associated risks" in late October. Register and get details here: www.ashp.org/opioidrems

10/07/2025

🎓 LIVE CE EVENT
Charting the 340B Landscape: Contracts, Compliance & Controversy

🗓 Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 | 5:00 PM (Zoom)
⚖️ Law CE | Free for MSHP Members
👥 Pharmacists & Technicians welcome!

🎤 Featuring:
Samantha Troy, PharmD, RPh, 340B ACE
💬 Experienced 340B Program Manager who’s testified on 340B legislation and presented at our Annual Meeting last year!

💻 Registration link: https://www.mashp.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1995224&group=

10/03/2025

MSHP remains a strong advocate for our profession!

Recently, members of MSHP traveled to Capitol Hill in DC to engage with congressional representatives, highlighting the critical role pharmacists play in enhancing patient care across their regions. Thank you for your dedicated efforts in advocacy! First photo (from left to right): Alex Wilkocki, Michele Mathews, Brittany Tschaen, Katherine Desanctis (First Picture Left to Right).

09/30/2025

🌟 Upcoming Event: Building Resilience in Pharmacy Residents 🌟

📅 Thursday, October 30, 2025
🕛 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Residency can be one of the most challenging and rewarding times in a pharmacist’s career. With the constant balance of clinical responsibilities, research, and personal life, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

Join us for a special session with Kerrie Toole, LCSW, who will share practical strategies for managing stress, strengthening resilience, and supporting overall wellness.

🔑 Learn how to:
✔ Understand your body’s stress response
✔ Build tools to manage stress in the moment
✔ Foster long-term resilience to thrive during residency and beyond

✨ Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in your wellbeing and set yourself up for success.
Register today: https://www.mashp.org/events/register.aspx?id=1994232&itemid=e12ef506-213a-4516-9f7c-494adefa3094

09/24/2025

UPDATED COVID-19 Vaccine Standing Order

Please see Massachusetts DPH's updated standing order that provides clarification of "eligible persons"

09/22/2025

Join us for Pharmacy Advocacy Day!
Thursday, October 23rd, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM via Zoom.

Register for this FREE event today! https://www.masspharmacists.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=131603&item_id=2721788

Whether this is your first exposure to advocacy or you are an expert at providing testimony for bills, showing up to this event is a commitment to your career and profession.

Engage with Massachusetts state lawmakers, their staff, and representatives from various professional pharmacy associations in Massachusetts, including MSHP and MPhA. They will discuss current legislative initiatives aimed at enhancing pharmacy practice and boosting patient care in the state.

To learn more about the significance of advocacy and how to engage in these efforts, explore ASHP’s Advocacy Toolkit: https://www.ashp.org/new-practitioner/new-practitioners-forum/new-practitioner-resources/advocacy-toolkit?loginreturnUrl=SSOCheckOnly

09/19/2025

📢 New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Released

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued updated recommendations for the 2025–2026 respiratory illness season.

This updated guidance provides clear direction for COVID-19 vaccination to help protect our communities and ensure pharmacies, providers, and public health partners are aligned in their efforts.

✅ Read the full guidance here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/dph-recommended-guidance-for-vaccines

09/16/2025

✨ The ubiquitous Julie Lanza, CPhT-Adv, CSPT, CPTEd, FMSHP ✨

Yesterday she stood alongside Senator Ed Markey and Rep. Katherine Clark to push for ECAPS and PBM reform on Capitol Hill.

📌 H4332 = Massachusetts’ ECAPS bill
📌 S.3012 = our first step toward PBM reform

Julie made sure Congress heard:
💬 ECAPS matters.
💬 PBM reform matters.
💬 Fair reimbursement matters.

She’s turning Massachusetts advocacy into national action 💪

08/04/2025

🚨 Legislative Update for Massachusetts Pharmacists 🚨

H1091 is now H4332!

We’re thrilled to announce that “An Act Relative to Pharmacists as Healthcare Providers” has officially progressed—receiving a favorable report from the Joint Committee on Financial Services and advancing to the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing with a new bill number: H4332.

This is an important milestone for the pharmacy profession in Massachusetts—and a reflection of our collective advocacy efforts, especially through our MSHP members!

🩺 Why this bill matters:
• It recognizes pharmacists as healthcare providers under state law—unlocking reimbursement pathways for clinical services already being delivered every day.
• It enhances access to care in underserved communities by leveraging the most accessible healthcare professionals: pharmacists.
• It strengthens the interdisciplinary team model, allowing pharmacists to fully participate in value-based care initiatives.
• It enables health systems and outpatient clinics to build sustainable, scalable pharmacy-based services—from chronic disease management to transitions of care.
• It empowers future generations of pharmacists to practice at the top of their license and meet evolving patient needs.

📣 To all our colleagues, preceptors, residents, students, and pharmacy leaders: now is the time to amplify our voice. Get your stories of pharmacist impact ready. We're going to need your help to support H4332.

We’ll continue to keep you updated on the bill’s progress and opportunities to engage. Thank you for standing with us as we advocate for a healthier, more accessible Massachusetts.

03/21/2025

Congratulations to Erica M. Diamantides one of the 2025 ASHP Fellows!!!

The ASHP Practitioner Recognition Program recognizes pharmacists who have excelled in pharmacy practice and distinguished themselves through service and contributions to ASHP. The newest fellows of ASHP will be honored on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, during a ceremony at Pharmacy Futures 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. More information about ASHP Fellows may be found here:

Practitioner Recognition Program, pharmacy practice, service to ASHP, contributions to ASHP

03/20/2025

Join us at the MSHP 2025 Annual Meeting on April 3rd at 12:00pm at the Marriott Quincy. Don’t miss the session titled "Directors Forum: Pack up the DeLorean for a Joy Ride with a Panel of MSHP Past Presidents & Directors" with speakers Ross Thompson MS, RPh, FASHP, Caryn Belisle RPh, MBS, BCSCP, CPEL, FASHP, FMSHP, and John Clark, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FMSHP. Moderated by Erin Taylor, MSHP President.

03/17/2025

Join us at the MSHP 2025 Annual Meeting on April 4th at 9:30am at the Marriott Quincy. Don’t miss the session titled "Multidisciplinary Strategies for Developing Medication Safety in a Just Culture Environment" with speakers Heather Dell'Orfano, PharmD, CACP, CPPS, BCPS, and Mary Dube, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS. This session is part of the Leadership Track.