We are proud to announce that PSW, in partnership with CPESN-WI, has been awarded a one-year, $250,000 grant from the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF) as part of the Flip the Pharmacy - Demonstrating the Value of Community Pharmacy initiative. The funding provided by CPF will accelerate practice transformation work with Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC) pharmacies across the state. Through hands-on, tailored coaching, participating pharmacies will enhance implementation of the WPQC medication therapy management (MTM) program and expand services provided under Wisconsin’s new pharmacist provider status opportunity for Medicaid members. Pharmacies will focus on providing comprehensive medication review and assessment (CMR/A) MTM services for patients with uncontrolled asthma. Our goals are to showcase the essential role community pharmacies play in helping patients improve their health outcomes and quality of life and demonstrate the value of these pharmacy services to the patients and current and future payers. We look forward to sharing details on how you can become involved in the coming months.

Drug Pricing & Reimbursement — PSW Advocacy In Action

Momentum is building nationwide to strengthen pharmacy access and fair reimbursement—and Wisconsin is poised to make history next. PSW’s advocacy efforts have driven the state’s comprehensive PBM reform bill to a unanimous vote in the Wisconsin State Senate Committee on Health.

This legislation is designed to bring transparency, fairness, and sustainability to community pharmacy practice. Your engagement matters now more than ever—our unified voice is being heard. Stay tuned for action alerts and consider making a donation to the WPPAC or Legislative Defense Fund to help power this progress forward.

Help your patients advocate for PBM reform! Click here for more information and flyers that can be placed in prescription bags.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is offering grants to expand tele-behavioral health access across the state. Through its Division of Care and Treatment Services, DHS will award up to $50,000 per applicant (total funding pool: $200,000) to support technology and infrastructure that increase access to mental health and substance use services.

Notably, recent telehealth policy changes allow pharmacies to serve as “originating sites” – locations where patients can begin a tele-behavioral health session. This creates new opportunities for pharmacists to collaborate with behavioral health providers, enabling patients to connect with care in convenient, community-based settings.

Applications are due November 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. The grant period runs from January 1 to September 30, 2026. Interested applicants should review the full RFA and application materials here.

The NCPA Foundation’s Pathways to Pharmacy Ownership Program is a free, year-long program designed to support and encourage equal opportunities for individuals to achieve independent pharmacy ownership. Throughout the program, participants gain access to: pharmacy owner-mentors and experts focused on essential business principles as they relate to pharmacy ownership, scholarships to attend NCPA’s Pharmacy Ownership Workshop, and more.

The application is now open for 2026. The deadline to apply is October 31, 2025. Please contact ncpaf@ncpafoundation.org with any questions.

PSW is collaborating with the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN) to support pharmacies in accessing health records as the role of pharmacists in healthcare continues to evolve.

Accessing data from more than 80 percent of Wisconsin hospitals and 95 percent of Wisconsin health plans can be done easily and cost-effectively through WISHIN Pulse, WISHIN’s real-time health information exchange. You can join the growing network of pharmacy partners at a discounted price of $500/year.

Watch this video to hear one Wisconsin pharmacist describe how his investment in WISHIN pays off in more complete and efficient patient care. This one-pager provides more information about how WISHIN can help pharmacy teams.

WISHIN staff will host a live user training session on October 29, 2025, at 10 a.m. Click here to register. For more information, contact WISHIN representatives Greg Stadter or Carole Gray Unis.

UW-Madison School of Pharmacy Professor and PSW JPSW Editor Katherine Rotzenberg will be sharing information on controlled substances in an ACPE-accredited continuing education offering: Partially Filled, Fully Regulated: Updates on Controlled Substance Legal Requirements.

Date: Thursday, October 30

Time: 12 to 1 p.m.

Click here to learn more and register. This education is offered free of charge by the MCW School of Pharmacy.

Week 8: Frontline Tools: MOUD, Naloxone, Test Strips & Safe Disposal

The final chapter of the toolkit provides implementation guidance for key tools and programs that every pharmacy should consider.

What you can do:

• Establish protocols for dispensing buprenorphine and other MOUDs.
• Ensure naloxone is visible, affordable, and accessible at your pharmacy.
• Stock fentanyl test strips and educate patients on safe use.
• Offer secure medication disposal options and promote them regularly.
• Review and update your pharmacy safety protocols in light of high-risk medication access.

Ready-to-use: The toolkit includes sample workflows, protocols, and messaging to launch or improve these services.

Read the Toolkit – Chapters 10 & 11 (PDF)