SAG on Accreditation and Compliance
Charges
- Advise health system specialty pharmacies on accreditation, quality and compliance requirements and opportunities.
- Identify and develop resources to support excellence in accreditation, quality improvement and regulatory compliance and evolving best practices.
- Develop mechanisms and resources to support the monitoring and reporting of regulatory and contractual standards and metrics relevant to the practice of specialty pharmacy.
- Develop and support advocacy for health system specialty pharmacy pertaining to accreditation, quality, and compliance organizations including advising on reporting requirements and benchmarking opportunities and consistency among specialty pharmacies.
Leadership
Chair
Jerry St. James, PharmD, MBA
Specialty Pharmacy Manager
University of Utah
Salt Lake CIty, UT
Vice Chair
Evan Turco, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Compliance Coordinator
WVUH Specialty Pharmacy & Home Infusion
Morgantown, WV
Current SAG on Accreditation and Compliance Roster
SAG on Business Development
Charges
- Advise on vision and strategy for the long term success and sustainability of health system specialty pharmacy.
- Identify and develop resources to effectively manage economic and financial specialty pharmacy performance, including strategies to access payer network and limited distribution/ restricted access medications.
- Identify and develop resources to assist members in their ability to anticipate and evaluate growth opportunities, promote value, respond to industry changes, and support strategic planning.
- Identify and develop resources and support advocacy that improves opportunities for the health system specialty pharmacy business model and reimbursement for clinical care provided to patients.
Leadership
Chair
Stephanie Barrus, PharmD
Pharmacy Manager
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Vice Chair
Samuel Yokum, PharmD, MBA
Director, Specialty Pharmacy and Home Infusion
WVU Medicine
Morgantown, WV
Current SAG on Business Development Roster
SAG on Operational and Workforce Development
Charges
- Identify and develop resources to assist members to build an innovative health system specialty pharmacy practice, which includes operational workflows and staffing models related to: intake, prior authorizations, clinical review, medication access programs, dispensing, shipping, and other key operational tasks.
- Identify and develop resources to support the current and future of health-system specialty pharmacy workforce education, training and competencies, career ladders and professional development, and credentialing/privileging needs to support optimal specialty patient care and practice model advancements.
- Identify and implement ways to increase recruitment of the HSSP workforce, and support retention of the HSSP workforce with a focus on resilience, well-being and career development.
- Develop and advocate for advanced roles for pharmacy technicians that promote and expand their ability to practice at the top of their license within health system specialty pharmacy teams.
Leadership
Chair
Courtney Queen, PharmD
Pharmacy Manager
University of Kentucky Specialty Pharmacy and Infusion Services
Lexington, KY
Vice Chair
Ruth H. Chen, PharmD, MHA
Manager - Specialty Pharmacy Hub Services
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, CA
Current SAG on Operational and Workforce Development Roster
SAG on Patient Care, Outcomes and Value
Charges
- Identify and develop resources that assist members to excel in evolving clinical, quality, economic, and humanistic outcomes, including patient & provider satisfaction reporting initiatives and patient-specific goals.
- Promote research that describes the HSSP model, identifies gaps, and associated metrics to support the unique value of health system specialty pharmacy services.
- Identify and develop resources and support advocacy to drive optimal medication use processes and address health care disparities.
- Identify, develop, and drive the consensus of industry accepted outcomes metrics.
- Evaluate and affect positive change on industry quality and outcome measures affecting the specialty medication use process.
Leadership
Chair
Ana Muscarella, PharmD, BCACP
Program Director - High Cost Therapies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Vice Chair
Emily O'Reilly, PharmD, BCACP, CSP
Clinical Coordinator, Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation and Outcomes
UofL Health
Louisville, KY