2023 Consultant and Specialty Pharmacists of Michigan

Board of Directors

2023 Board of Directors

Rodney Sharp, Chair

Matthew McTaggart, President

Lindsey Ghiringhelli, President-elect

Mark Glasper, Secretary

Adam King, MPST Liason

Allen Doan

Amy Roeder

Brittany Kinney

Micheal Collins

Mohamed Gothamy

Roua Dabal

Sarah Lerchenfeldt

Stephanie Klesper

Thomas Joseph

Board Member and Award Nominations

It's never too early to start considering who among your colleagues deserves thanks and recognition through nomination for a distinguished award from Consultant and Specialty Pharmacists of Michigan (CSPM) or the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA). Award nominations are due Oct. 1, but are accepted all year long. Learn more here.

In addition, consider if serving on the CSPM Board of Directors might be a good fit for you in 2024. Reach out to MPA or a current/former CSPM board member to find out what it means to serve. Learn more here.

2023 Legislative Priorities

State Priorities

• Advance Pharmacy Practice: Aid the Legislature, Medicaid, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), managed care plans and other stakeholders in introducing legislation or integrating strategies that further utilize pharmacists’ services to provide access and improve the healthcare of the people of Michigan.
• Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Transparency: Discuss PBM tactics that hinder patient access to care with policymakers. Identify and facilitate discussions with policymakers on fair business environments by promoting legislation that addresses issues such as prescription drug pricing and reimbursement, fair audit practices, mandatory-mail order programs and PBM transparency.
• Fair Pharmacy Reimbursement: Coordinate with stakeholders, such as the MDHHS and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services, on direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees and other issues to achieve fair reimbursement for pharmacy services.
• Rules Promulgation: Advocate on behalf of the profession through rule promulgation efforts at the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to create rules governing pharmacy practice in the state.
• Opioid Epidemic: Discuss with stakeholders the creation and passing of public health policies to decrease diversion and keep patients safe while maintaining access to medications for appropriate use and advancing the pharmacists’ role in medication-assisted treatment. Discuss with stakeholders pharmacist’s role in substance abuse prevention, education and assistance.
• Workplace Environment: Identify methods to incorporate policymakers to promote and support a culture of safety. Increase awareness and dialogue with key stakeholders and offer solutions to issues identified in practice.  
• Independent Prescribing: Advocate for immunization status for pharmacists in Michigan. Advocate for independent pharmacist prescribing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives. 

Federal Priorities

• Direct and Indirect Remuneration (DIR) Fees: Demonstrate to policymakers the importance of national efforts to limit the inappropriate use of DIR fees as a method of recouping dollars from pharmacies after a claim has been adjudicated.
• Provider Status: Work with national organizations and pharmacy stakeholders to support patient access to pharmacy services by recognizing pharmacists as providers.
• Reimbursement: Demonstrate the importance of national efforts to improve the frequency of updates to drug pricing standards, expand upon Medicare’s willing pharmacy provisions and increase transparency requirements for PBMs.

CSPM at ACE 2023

The Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) Annual Convention & Exposition will be held in-person Feb. 24-26, 2023, at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center.

CSPM has exciting programing in 2023.

CSPM Luncheon & Awards Presentation

Saturday, Feb. 25 | Noon-1 p.m.

A plated lunch will be served.

At 12:30 p.m., President Matthew McTaggart will lead an awards presentation and recognize outgoing board members.

CSPM members are cordially invited to attend. Tickets for lunch are $35.

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