Recorded live at #NCPA2025, host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen sit down with Oluwatoyin Fadeyibi, PharmD, director of pharmacy initiatives at Community Behavioral Health, and Andrew Patterson, professor of pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, for a timely conversation on behavioral health. They discuss the ongoing shortages in mental health care, the growing role of community pharmacies, and how collaborative partnerships across Pennsylvania are helping pharmacies become another critical access point — or "door" — to behavioral health support.

Host John Beckner is joined by Drew Register, director of student affairs and professional development at NCPA, Charlotte Nazar, an executive resident at NCPA, and Tiffany Capps, practice transformations lead at CPESN®, to discuss the newly enhanced Community Pharmacy Fellowship from NCPA and CPESN. The conversation explores how the fellowship was developed, what's new in the program — including a stronger focus on medication synchronization — and what prospective applicants need to know before applications are due Jan. 31, 2026.

Learn more about fellowship: https://ncpa.org/fellowship

Coming to you from the #NCPA2025 expo floor, host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen talk with Brian Connelly, president and CEO of TheracosBio, about Brenzavvy (bexagliflozin), an FDA-approved oral SGLT2 inhibitor for adults with Type 2 diabetes. They discuss how the company's model bypasses PBMs to offer pharmacists and patients a fair, transparent price.

Recorded live at #NCPA2025, host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen talk with Leanne Haley-Brown, CPESN® Pharmacy Care at Home and Closed Door Facility Care lead, about practical and sustainable ways pharmacists can remotely monitor patients and deliver care in their homes. The conversation highlights how these models expand access for people living in rural or underserved areas with limited health care resources.

In this special edition of Independent Rx Forum, NCPA General Counsel Matt Seiler is joined by Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Hon. Nicholas Bronni, Robert T. Smith, a partner the law firm Katten and a specialist in PBM litigation, and Arkansas Pharmacists Association CEO John Vinson to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case Rutledge v. PCMA. Listen now to find out how the case affected PBM regulation nationwide, and how it will affect future cases.

Host John Beckner sits down with Bruce Berger, PhD, president of Berger Consulting LLC and. emeritus professor at Auburn University, to discuss how health care providers can better connect with "difficult" patients and apply motivational interviewing techniques to build trust.

In this episode, host John Beckner sits down with Ronna Hauser, NCPA's senior vice president of policy and pharmacy affairs, and Mark Ey, RPh, senior vice president and COO, about how recent wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) reductions are reshaping the market — and what independent pharmacists can do now to protect their margins. They break down what's driving these changes, and the practical steps pharmacies can take to save thousands of dollars.

We have a winner! Host John Beckner and co-host Ed Cohen sit down with Rachel Helbling, pharmacy student at the University of Texas at Austin and captain of the winning team in the 22nd annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. Recorded live at #NCPA2025, Helbling discusses how her team prepared, what made their plan stand out, and lessons learned along the way.