Director Martin Dix Akerman, LLP 106 East College Avenue, Suite 1200 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Work: 850-224-9634 martin.dix@akerman.com
Treasurer Anne O’Brien Quarles & Brady 300 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60654 Work: 312-715-5259 anne.o’brien@quarles.com
Director Charles Hartig CVS Health 445 Great Circle Rd Nashville, TN 37228 Work: 513-581-1105 charles.hartig@omnicare.com
Immediate Past President Steve Gray Kaiser Permanente 12254 Bellflower Blvd 2nd Fl Downey, CA 90242 Work: 562-658-3660 steve.w.gray@kp.org
Director Aaron Moore Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC 300 West Pratt Street, Suite 450 Baltimore, MD 21201 Work: 410-539-6633 amoore@scbmalaw.com
Executive Director Kristen Ball, CMP 3085 Stevenson Drive, Suite 200 Springfield, IL 62703 Work: 217-529-6948 administration@aspl.org
Director Shannon Panther Washington State University Department of Pharmacotherapy 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd Spokane, WA 99202 Work: 509-368-6555 shannon.panther@wsu.edu
PATIENT COUNSELING Illinois toughens rules on patient counseling According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation published new rules effective on August 18 that are intended to assure that patients receive counseling on new medications or changes to their therapy, and replaces the “offer to counsel” rule that reportedly resulted in 52% of Chicago area pharmacies failing to provide counseling to patients about known drug interactions. The report indicates that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner had pushed the agency to adopt stiffer rules following investigations published in December 2016 by the Tribune. Rauner is also planning to call for “beefing up state oversight, including directing inspectors to check stores more thoroughly regarding adverse drug reactions and launching a ‘mystery shopper’ program to test drugstore compliance.”
