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This award will recognize individual AAPP members who impact change benefiting patient access to care for individuals living with mental illness and/or the profession of psychiatric pharmacy through advocacy with policymakers and/or decision-makers. Advocacy activities under consideration include those with federal and state government as well as other policymaking entities (e.g., regulatory bodies, state boards of pharmacy, agencies, standards bodies, health system administrators, etc.).
The Early Practitioner Award will recognize the efforts of psychiatric pharmacists in the first 5 years of practice or 5 years after completion of post doctoral training. Recipients will have demonstrated commitment to AAPP and its mission to “advance the reach and practice of psychiatric pharmacy and serve as the voice of the specialty.” The recipient serves as a role model for future leaders within AAPP and Psychiatric Pharmacy.
This award will recognize individual AAPP member efforts and accomplishments in increasing patient access to high quality mental health care in exceptional and distinctive ways. This may include activities that increase access to psychiatric pharmacist-led interprofessional care. Examples include reduction and/or mitigation of social determinants of health for people living with mental illness, increased access to novel treatments and/or clinical interventions through research, etc.
The Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award celebrates the life and work of the late Judith J. Saklad. Dr.
Convince Your Supervisor to Support AAPP 2026 Attendance! The merits of the AAPP Annual Meeting are undeniable. Even so, with most organizations having limited travel and education budgets, it may be necessary to show justification when selling your attendance at AAPP 2026.
Devon A. Sherwood, PharmD, BCPP Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice University of New England College of Pharmacy Portland, ME
Explore the 4 key steps for integrating pharmacists team members and explore 8 sample workflows illustrating how pharmacists engage with patient care.
Pharmacy residency training is considered the gold standard for pharmacists interested in practicing in direct patient care roles across community and inpatient settings. For those wishing to specialize in psychiatric pharmacy, completing a PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency is the most efficient process to train qualified psychiatric pharmacist specialists who are eligible to become board-certified in psychiatric pharmacy (BCPP).
“Given this landscape, psychiatric pharmacists play a more important role than ever in patient care. Our knowledge, experience, and understanding of other disease states allows us to support the whole patient.” - Dr. Bostwick
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The 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule was released late last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). The rule makes direct supervision via telehealth permanent for many services. Additionally, it extends audio-only flexibilities for certain non-behavioral health visits through December 31, 2026. It also proposes new add-on codes for behavioral health integration services within Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) programs.
AAPP joined more than 450 organizations in pushing congressional leaders to reinstate lapsed telehealth flexibilities for the long term. Lawmakers have been providing temporary extensions to telehealth policies that, among other flexibilities, allow Medicare beneficiaries to receive medical care in their homes. The policies started during the Covid-19 pandemic, and Congress continued them but never made them permanent.
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Dr. Andrew C. Hean, 2023 Defining the Future grant recipient, and his co-authors Jamie Kneebusch,Casey Tiefenthaler, and Kelly C. Lee, recently had their research published! Dr. Hean said, "Thank you again to the foundation for making this research possible, a project that was quite special to me!" Congratulations to this research team, and thank you to our donors who make grants like this possible! You can now read and download the article online.
Approximately 13 percent of counties had more than half their population living in an area facing a pharmacy shortage last year, according to the National Community Pharmacists. The new data coincides with the NCPA and USC’s launch of the first public mapping tool tracking pharmacy shortage areas and closures over time by state, county and congressional district.
If you missed any of the previous Resident Journal Club presentations or would like to revisit a session, recordings are available for you to listen and review at your convenience. Once registered, you can access the recordings, presentations, and article links on the Journal Club page.
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The AAPP Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 11th annual Defining the Future Research Grant Awards: Saira Pacheco, PharmD Student, Western University of Health Sciences; Seo Young Park, PharmD, PGY2 Resident, Montefiore Nyack Hospital; Jack Smith, PharmD Student, Wayne State University; Amber Tran, PharmD, PGY2 Resident, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital; Mina Wolfe, PharmD, Consultant Pharmacist, North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Read the full press release!
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