Non-Accredited Courses at RBC 2025 

All RBC 2025 attendees are invited to attend additional non-accredited educational courses that can help identify best practices and new opportunities, regardless of your role within the pharmacy. These sessions will be led by independent pharmacists, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and Cardinal Health teams. These courses do not require pre-registration.  

 

 

Wednesday, July 9  

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2 - 3 p.m.

NCPA's Shoot the Breeze- Leveraging Data 

As a follow-up to Data-Driven Decisions: Leveraging Analytics To Transform Business Strategies, Ben Jolley will lead this session amongst colleagues to collaborate, share ideas and network like never before. Join us for a free-flowing conversation where everyone can exchange their top strategies for utilizing data to influence their operations and next business decisions.

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Thursday, July 10

 

Noon - 1 p.m.  

Myths vs Facts: Understanding PSAOs and State Policy Efforts on Licensing and Regulation

Join Cardinal Health’s Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization (PSAO) and Government Affairs team along with Leah Lindahl, Vice President State Government Affairs, HDA, as they demystify the world of PSAOs. This interactive presentation will separate fact from fiction, examining how PSAOs operate and the truth behind common assumptions. They’ll also dive into current state-level efforts to license and regulate PSAOs, highlighting what these changes mean for your pharmacy. Whether you’re currently partnered with a PSAO or considering one, this session will equip you with the knowledge to make informed decisions and advocate for transparency and fairness. 

 

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1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Marketing Essentials Workshop 

Marketing your pharmacy is essential for it to continue thriving in an ever-changing market. In the Marketing Essentials Workshop, marketing experts from Cardinal Health will lead an engaging discussion to understand pharmacies’ current marketing initiatives, review several industry-wide marketing tactics used today and help attendees determine how their independent pharmacy can incorporate these tactics into a broader promotional strategy. Attendees of this workshop will also receive a one-page recap of session takeaways and a planning template designed to help them identify new marketing opportunities. 

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1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

NCPA's Shoot the Breeze-Long Term Care

Join long-term care (LTC) expert Leanne Haley-Brown for an uninhibited non-CE dialogue with your peers on what is working, what's not, and what solutions teams have found in the world of LTC. Whether you are just starting out in LTC or have been doing it for decades, this is your opportunity to "shoot the breeze," share ideas and get your top questions answered.

 

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3 - 4 p.m.

Establishing a Medicare Advantage OTC Cards Benefit Program  

Explore opportunities to grow front-end sales by engaging patients with a Medicare over-the-counter (OTC) program.

 

As a follow up to the continuing education course "Optimizing Patient Use of Medicare OTC Cards and Front-end Sales" on Wednesday, July 9, the Cardinal Health Consumer Health team will be sharing how we have partnered with technology vendors to make it easy for you to get started with a Medicare OTC program in your pharmacy. You will learn:

• What a Medicare OTC program is and how to market it

• Which patients and products might be covered

• How to process OTC benefit cards

• How Cardinal Health can help you implement a Medicare OTC card program by answering important questions and providing tools to get started

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Friday, July 11  

 

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. 

NCPA’s Shoot the Breeze – Optimizing Workflows   

Following Optimizing Workflows to Prioritize Clinical Services, join your presenters and peers for an uninhibited non-CE dialogue on optimizing workflows.  From strategies to technologies, this is your chance to ask your peers for advice and share your tried-and-true methods for improving operations.  No matter your role on the pharmacy team, we welcome you to come "shoot the breeze" with us.   

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2 - 3 p.m.

Government Relations: Advocacy at the State Level 

 Frustrated with the "state of pharmacy" in your state? Don’t miss a discussion with Bryan Lowe from the Cardinal Health State Government Affairs team, a state pharmacy association executive, and your pharmacy peers in this interactive panel. Learn what Cardinal Health is doing to advocate for pharmacist scope and payment, how we are working alongside state pharmacy associations to support change locally and simple ways you can get involved in advocacy efforts in your state to make a difference in your own practice.

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