Public Comment – Draft Community Pharmacy Practice Standards

The Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditation (CPPA), a joint initiative by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) seeks your input on draft standards for community pharmacy practice accreditation (read press release).  These standards will serve as the basis for community pharmacy practice accreditation and are designed to both facilitate the provision of quality pharmacy services to patients and stimulate and recognize innovative community pharmacy practices.

Comments will be accepted from July 1 to August 15, 2012 via the online comment submission form.

About CPPA
The Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditation is a partnership between the American Pharmacists Association and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. CPPA develops and implements comprehensive programs of pharmacy practice site accreditation, including the promotion, development and maintenance of principles, policies and standards. CPPA offers the general public and users of pharmacy services a means of identifying those pharmacies that satisfy the accreditation criteria and are focused on advancing patient care, safety and quality.

For more information on CPPA, please visit the APhA's website by clicking here.

Dividends Returned to Pharmacists Mutual Policyholders

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, the leader in serving the insurance needs of pharmacists and pharmacies, is pleased to announce the distribution of dividend* checks for 2011.  Over 13,000 mutual company commercial policyholders received a dividend check.  Pharmacists Mutual has returned dividends to policyholders every year since their founding in 1909.

Currently licensed in 49 states, Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company strives “To help our customers attain peace of mind through specialized insurance solutions and superior personal service.”  Pharmacists Mutual Companies (Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, The Pharmacists Life Insurance Company and Pro Advantage Services, Inc., d/b/a Pharmacists Insurance Agency (in CA)) provide business, personal, life, health, and investment products for its core markets of pharmacy, dentistry, home medical/home health, and card & gift stores. Learn more at www.phmic.com or call 800.247.5930.

*Dividends cannot be guaranteed; however, they have been returned uninterrupted since 1909.

Click here for the press release.