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Journal
NoDak Pharmacy
Volume 35, No. 2 May 2021
Celebrate Physical
Fitness With Us!
NDPhA Board of Directors
NDPhA Board Chairman District 5 Officer NDPSC President
Ramona Sorenson Dan Duletski, PharmD David Olig
Trinity Hospital Minot ND Pharmacy Southpointe Pharmacy
1 Burdick Expressway W Dickinson, ND 2400 S 32 Ave
Minot, ND 58701 (701) 225-4434 Fargo ND 58103
(701) 857-5000 Daniel.Duletski@gmail.com (701) 234-9912
Goodspirit1202@gmail.com davidjolig@gmail.com
District 6 Officer
NDPhA President Pat Brunelle BOP Executive Director
Jeff Jacobson 7500 Moonstone Lane Mark Hardy
2301 34 ½ Ave S Bismarck, ND 58503 ND State Board of Pharmacy
Fargo, ND 58104 (701) 224-9521 1906 E Broadway Ave
Jeffdjacobson1@gmail.com Pat@gatewaypharmacy.com PO Box 1354
Bismarck ND 58501
NDPhA President Elect District 7 Officer (701) 328-9535
Randy Habeck John Fugleberg MHardy@ndboard.pharmacy
Hillsboro Drug The Medicine Shoppe Jamestown
(701) 636-5231 703 1st Ave S NDSU College of Health
Valley City, ND 58072 Professions
NDPhA Vice President (701) 252-3002 School of Pharmacy
Jamie Vander Vorste 0545@medicineshoppe.com Charles Peterson
3026 Montana Drive PO Box 6050 Dept 2650
Bismarck, ND 58503 District 8 Officer Fargo ND 58108-6050
701-720-1873 Elizabeth Skoy (701) 231-7609
jamievandervorste@gmail.com NDSU School of Pharmacy Charles.Peterson@ndsu.edu
Thrifty White
District 1 Officer Fargo ND NDSHP President
Chantal Helde (701) 231-5669 Brody Maack
5537 124th Ave Nw Elizabeth.Skoy@ndsu.edu (701) 306-9230
Epping, ND 58843 brodymaack@gmail.com
cvance9@hotmail.com NAPT President
Mandy Chase
District 2 Officer ajchase_75@hotmail.com
Carolyn Bodell
Trinity Hospital Pharmacy EXOFFICIOS
Minot ND 58701
(701) 838-2933 Executive Vice President
jbodell@min.midco.net Michael Schwab
NDPhA
District 3 Officer 1641 Capitol Way
Megan Hursman Bismarck ND 58501
805 3RD Street (701) 258-4968
Langdon, ND 58249 mschwab@nodakpharmacy.net
(701) 256-3330
Megan.J.Lutman@gmail.com NDSCS Pharmacy Tech Program
Melissa Krava – Assistant Director
District 4 Officer NDSCS Pharmacy Tech Department
Tim Carlson 800 N 6 St
3825 Clearview Cir Wahpeton ND 58076
Grand Forks, ND 58201 (701) 671-2114
(701) 795-3498 Melissa.krava@ndscs.edu
tcarlson@thriftywhite.com
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Table of Contents 2021 Calendar
NDPhA President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MAY
May 24 -26. . . . . NASPA/Pharmacists Mutual 2021
Board of Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Leadership Conference – Virtual
JUNE
NDPhA & NAPT Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . 7 June 1-4. . . . . . . APhA Institute on Substance Use
Disorders - Virtual
PAAS Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 June 12-13. . . . . NCPA Ownership Workshop - Virtual
It takes a
Druggist Professional Liability
June 23 . . . . . . . .
NCPA Pharmacy-based
(continued) Point-of-Care
Testing Certificate Program – Virtual
NAPT Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
JULY
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NDPhA President’s Message
Hello My Friends,
I want to start by thanking the convention committee for role is. Whether it be Remote Patient Monitoring or virtual
the excellent work on the virtual convention we had in April. visits or anything else we can think of in telehealth, we need
The 2-day event was extremely well done with informative to make the effort now to be an integral part in that space.
presentations and great question and answer sessions. The I know reimbursement for our time spent is always a huge
virtual auction was pulled off without a hitch and was a lot of concern and rightly so. However, how long can we continue
fun to watch. Thank you to the donors and bidders on what to be almost solely dependent on PBMs determining our
was a very successful fundraiser. reimbursement?
I also want to thank Mike Schwab for another impactful We have a lot of extremely talented and hard-working people
legislative year. The pharmacy legislation will all be a positive in this state who are making a difference in their patients’ lives
change for us. He was even able to get some last minute every day. We will always have that important relationship
things inserted and approved that will really help out on the with our patients. However, we need to expand our offerings
PBM side of the equation. Kudos again, Mike. beyond the face to face and phone calls to fully embrace
telehealth and the potential that can be offered. The younger
As the new President of the North Dakota Pharmacists generations have been brought up with all of the modern
Association, I wanted to make all sorts of grandiose plans and conveniences being right at their fingertips. Right or wrong,
edicts that would change the face of pharmacy. As I sat down they will expect that in healthcare as well. Again, we need to
to write this, however, I quickly realized how much we will be an integral part.
need the intelligence and creativity of all of us to accomplish
the goal of mapping out what the future of our profession So, now the hard part. How do we position ourselves? There
is going to look like. If you are reading this and thinking I’ve is not one right answer. Anything could lead to the path
been hearing this for the past 3 decades, you are correct. forward. We have someone in Jesse Rue who is extremely
However, in community pharmacy especially, I believe we are capable and willing to help lead us down the path. Jesse just
as close to the precipice as we have been. The pressure from needs ideas from all of us. Please, take some time and think
outside our profession is getting to be too great to continue about what you envision as the future of not just pharmacy
as we always have. The past year plus of the pandemic has but of healthcare. Any ideas are welcome and can be sent to
pushed healthcare much more quickly into the telehealth Jesse, Mike Schwab or myself. We can grasp our future or we
field than we all anticipated. If we sit on the sidelines as a can be told what our future will be. It is truly up to all of us.
profession, we will soon be faced with a smaller and smaller
role. Take care,
I write this knowing I am a big part of the problem. Jesse
Rue has been saying for years that we need to change our
way of thinking and need to look at what we want the future
Jeff Jacobson
of pharmacy to be before someone else tells us what our Jeff Jacobson PharmD, RPh
We would like to give a big thank you to everyone involved in the
2021 North Dakota Annual Pharmacy Convention!
Thank you to our past president Ramona Sorenson for all of her work and we welcome our new
president, Jeff Jacobson. We would also like to extend our thank you to the District 8 Convention
Planning Committee, NAPT, NDSHP, the presenters, and all of the vendors. Overall, we had very positive
comments and we appreciate everyone who attended! We also want to send out a special thank you to
everyone who participated in the silent and live scholarship auction! We exceeded expectations. If you
are interested in any of the presentations or on-demand CE, please reach out to our office.
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NDPhA Award Winners
Al Doerr Service Award: Distinguished Young Pharmacist Lifetime Award: Excellence in Pharmacy Innovation:
Amy Werremeyer, Fargo Award: Julie Jacobson, Bismarck Bob Treitline, Dickinson Brody Maack, Kindred
NOT PICTURED - Lifetime Award: Mary Pat Schwartz, Mott
Congratulations!
to all award winners and thank you for
all your hard work and dedication to
the profession of pharmacy!
APhA/NASPA Bowl of Hygeia: NCPA Pharmacy Leadership
Terry Altringer, Minot Award: Jeff Jacobson, Bismarck
NAPT Award Winners
Distinguished Young Pharmacy Technician
Diamond Award: Friend of NAPT: Dr. Heidi
Pharmacy Technician: of the Year: Allison Hauge,
Vicki Schultz, New Salem Eukel, West Fargo
Stephen Philmon, Fargo Bismarck
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NAPT Message
NAPT Chairperson’s Message
Greetings to my fellow North Dakota pharmacy technicians! I hope this article finds everyone well and enjoying our
warmer days!
2021-2022 NAPT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:
The 2021-2022 NAPT Executive Board members were installed during the NAPT General Membership meeting held on
April 17th, 2021 during the NDPhA Convention. We are already brainstorming and collaborating on goals for the next
year. We welcome your feedback and input as well, so please reach out to myself or any member of the board.
Chairperson: Lindsay Cizek-Cribb Secretary Amanda Olauson
President: Amanda (Mandy) Chase Treasurer: Diane Halvorson
Vice President: Adelle Casavant Parliamentarian and Member at Large: To be announced.
I want to take a moment to thank our outgoing board members for their dedication and time served on the NAPT
board. We appreciate your commitment to moving the pharmacy technician profession forward.
2021 NAPT ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
The fall conference is scheduled for September 10th-11th, 2021 in Fargo, ND. Thank you to those that completed the
survey regarding the fall conference. After reviewing the results, it was decided that this event will be held in person!
We look forward to seeing everyone again! Watch our Facebook page and meeting minutes for more information.
2021 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Annually the NAPT awards out scholarships to individuals enrolled in a pharmacy technician program who are either
a North Dakota resident or a registered North Dakota Pharmacy Technician-in-Training. We had so many outstanding
applicants! Congrats to the following: Nawal, Maggie and Raylee from Northland Community and Technical College
and Jennifer and Desirae from North Dakota State College of Science!
2021 NAPT PHARMACY TECHNICIAN AWARDS
Annually the NAPT also provides recognition to pharmacy technicians by awarding out the Distinguished Young
Pharmacy Technician, Diamond, Friend of NAPT, and NAPT Pharmacy Technician of the Year awards. We had another
great year of receiving several nominations! Please continue to take the time to nominate your outstanding pharmacy
technicians!
Diamond Award: Vicki Schultz Pharmacy Technician of the Year: Allison Hauge
Friend of NAPT: Dr. Heidi Eukel Distinguished Young Pharmacy Technician: Stephen Philmon
Take care,
Lindsay Cizek-Cribb, RPhTech, CPhT
NAPT Chairperson
CURRENT 2021-2022 NAPT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Title Name Email
Chairperson Lindsay Cizek-Cribb lindsaycizek@hotmail.com
President Mandy Chase ajchase_75@hotmail.com
Vice President Adelle Casavant acasavant5@gmail.com
Secretary Amanda Olauson a.s.o.092291@gmail.com
Treasurer Diane Halvorson dhalvorsonrphtech@gmail.com
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Avoid Federal Law Violations on Newly Expanded Access
Buprenorphine Prescriptions
Prescriptions for buprenorphine containing medications continue to be an audit target by PBMs. Due to the nature
of this medication, patients are filling these prescriptions frequently and it can be an easy trap for a pharmacy to miss
state and federal requirements. Unfortunately, this can lead to law violations resulting in full recoupment of the claim.
Pharmacies must ensure that all state and federal requirements for controlled substances are included on any
buprenorphine prescription, as well as the prescriber’s XDEA number, if prescribed for opioid dependency. This
additional requirement was set forth in the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000)1. PAAS National®
continues to see audit recoupments where pharmacies are missing both DEA and XDEA numbers on buprenorphine
prescriptions. Due to the discrepancy being a federal law violation, these are difficult to appeal.
There has been a few recent events that have created confusion surrounding prescriber requirements that PAAS wants
to touch on in the event that you get questions from patients or prescribers. In January 2021, HHS announced2 that
it was planning to eliminate the requirement for prescribers to obtain an XDEA number to prescribe buprenorphine,
however this action was withdrawn with the incoming Biden Administration. Additionally, On April 28, 2021, HHS
issued a notice3, effective immediately, that it will allow eligible prescribers to obtain an XDEA number without having
to complete the mandatory 8-24 hours of training. These prescribers will be limited to treating no more than 30
patients and are still required to obtain an XDEA number and include on subsequent prescriptions.
PAAS Tips:
• Educate all staff on controlled substance requirements: patient address, prescriber address, prescriber DEA number
should all be on the front of the prescription
• Any buprenorphine containing prescription for treatment of opioid dependency, requires BOTH DEA and XDEA
numbers on the prescription
• Buprenorphine prescribed for pain should be clearly indicated on the prescription & only the DEA number is required
• Dosage forms should be specified, tablets or films
• Tablets and films are not indicated to be cut, chewed or swallowed per manufacturer
• Patient labels should instruct to use “sublingually,” “under the tongue,” or “in the cheek”
• Recommend running weekly reports to check hard copies for all requirements
We would like to recognize May as
National Mental Health &
Physical Fitness Month.
Please make sure you are not only taking care of yourself,
but your family and those around you.
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701.361.1067 701.356.3256NDSU School of Pharmacy
Dr. Elizabeth Skoy Recognized For Distinguished Service
By Carol Renner, Office of the Dean, Marketing/Communication Coordinator, NDSU College of Health Professions
Elizabeth Skoy, associate professor of pharmacy
practice at North Dakota State University, is being
recognized with the Chamber of Commerce NDSU
Distinguished Faculty Service Award, which honors
NDSU faculty members who have made substantial
service contributions in addition to their achievement
as scholars, teachers, or artists.
Skoy will receive an honorarium of $2,500 and be
presented a plaque by President Dean L. Bresciani
and Provost Margaret Fitzgerald during the annual
NDSU Celebration of Faculty Excellence event
scheduled for May 13.
“Through service activities, faculty use their academic
and professional expertise to address community
needs. The Faculty Awards and Recognition
Committee selected Professor Skoy for her extensive
service to NDSU and our community,” said vice
provost Canan Bilen-Green.
Skoy was nominated by Amy Werremeyer, associate professor and chair of pharmacy practice, and Tiffany Knauf,
North Dakota Department of Health’s health systems and hypertension coordinator.
“Dr. Skoy has created collaborations and spearheaded initiatives that will have a lasting impact for the betterment of
the pharmacy profession and the health of communities in the region and nation,” wrote Werremeyer, noting Skoy’s
efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic to educate the state’s pharmacy workforce.
Skoy developed nationally certified training modules to assist with the certification of pharmacy technicians to
administer COVID vaccinations.
“Dr. Skoy has become an integral partner on the North Dakota Department of Health’s work on prevention and
management of prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol,” wrote Knauf.
“Dr. Skoy’s contagious passion and commitment to improving and expanding the practice of pharmacy has driven
success in engaging pharmacists and pharmacy students in impacting patient outcomes through medication therapy
management,” said Knauf.
Skoy joined the NDSU faculty in 2009. Among her previous honors are the Generation Rx Champion Award from
the North Dakota Pharmacists Association and Cardinal Health, NDSU’s Excellence in Course Assessment Award,
Laboratory Innovation and Teaching Excellence Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and
the College of Health Professions’ Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service.
Skoy earned her bachelor’s degree and Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from NDSU.
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Research Study Conducted In Summer 2020 Shows Potential
Risk Of Covid-19 Exposure For Community Pharmacists
By Amanda Johnson, PharmD and MPH Candidate; and Carol Renner, Office of the Dean, Marketing/Communication
Coordinator, NDSU College of Health Professions
Data used in this research study was gathered during the summer of 2020 prior to the availability of COVID-19 vaccines
to the public.
Research by a North Dakota State University student published in a national journal illustrates the potential risk to
community pharmacists and their employees working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“From my experience with working in community pharmacies, I was curious about the infection exposure among
personnel due to close patient contact,” said Amanda Johnson, the NDSU pharmacy and public health student who
conducted the research.
Published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, results of the study found a 14.6% positivity rate of
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among community pharmacy personnel, compared to a positivity rate of 5.4% for antibodies
among the general public during the same time period used in the study.
“This demonstrates that pharmacy personnel may be at an increased rate of exposure to infections compared to the
general public during the time period covered by the study,” said Amanda Johnson.
“A majority of the pharmacy personnel that had antibodies did not show any symptoms, yet there was no outbreak in
any one pharmacy,” said Johnson. “This showed that although pharmacy personnel were being exposed through patient
interaction, precautions taken within the pharmacy prevented further spread to co-workers.”
As essential workers during the pandemic, community pharmacists continue serving their patients. During the study,
researchers sampled staff at pharmacies in Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota, two counties with the highest
COVID-19 rates in July 2020. A total of 247 pharmacy personnel from 29 pharmacies participated in the study.
Community pharmacy personnel were tested for SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgM antibodies using a rapid antibody test.
Those participating also completed a questionnaire about demographics, previous COVID-19 exposure and COVID-19
symptoms, and personal protection equipment (PPE) practices.
Amanda Johnson, dual degree pharmacy and public health student at NDSU, has published COVID-19 research in a
national journal.
Study authors noted that “Survey data revealed a statistically significant association…between a positive antibody test
and direct contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19… but there were no statistically significant effects
related to the workplace.”
Pharmacies typically began taking measures such as personal protective equipment in March 2020. The most commonly
used PPE was masks, with additional measures such as plexiglass, closing the lobby, glove use, and goggles/face shields.
Study results suggest COVID-19 antibodies were higher among the community pharmacy personnel when compared to
estimated regional samples, and when compared to measured seropositivity in other groups of health care workers.
Limitations of the study include its small sample size, and the potential for false negatives or false positives in testing.
Johnson and her co-authors said that more studies are needed, as their results suggest community pharmacy personnel
may be at higher risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Johnson said that she gained invaluable experience creating a research project from the ground up, culminating with
publication in a national journal.
“It’s an amazing opportunity that I’ve been given to be published while still a student,” said Johnson. She will graduate
with a master’s degree in public health in 2021 and a doctorate degree in pharmacy in 2022. Johnson hopes to pursue a
residency and specialize in infectious disease pharmacy.
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NDSU Pharmacy Student Receives National
Award From U.S. Public Health Service
By Carol Renner, Office of the Dean, Marketing/Communication Coordinator, NDSU
College of Health Professions
North Dakota State University students in health professions receive hands-on experience
that makes a difference in patient care and in their future careers. For her work to help
underserved populations, pharmacy student Karly Westra received the U.S. Public Health
Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award.
For the past two years, Westra served as ambulatory care clinical pharmacy intern at Family
HealthCare, a local clinic that cares for underserved patients who may be homeless, have
low health literacy, limited resources, language barriers, or other barriers to receiving health
care.
Each week, Westra partners with this patient population. She helps them access care and increase their chances of optimal
outcomes in the following areas: hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment, tobacco use disorder, diabetes, anticoagulation,
transitions of care, and other chronic disease states. She assists in direct patient care and in population health efforts to
improve outcomes.
Prior to her internship at Family HealthCare, there were no systems in place for tracking outcomes related to HCV treatment,
tobacco cessation, and chronic disease treatment. Westra developed systems for patient outreach, tracking processes,
measuring outcomes, and implemented a process to ensure that referred patients are connected with clinical pharmacy
care. She also implemented a transitions of care process to help avoid medication errors in high-risk patients.
“In our hepatitis C clinic, Karly helped improve patient communication and engagement, while building valuable rapport
with our HCV patient population and helped many to overcome limiting disparities,” said Amber Slevin, PharmD, assistant
professor of practice in the NDSU School of Pharmacy, and clinical pharmacy specialist at Family HealthCare.
“Karly Westra serves as a compassionate and resourceful patient advocate, educator, coordinator, and provider of initial
clinical work/triage in a variety of areas,” said Slevin. “A reduction in the no-show rate for the clinical pharmacy service has
been shown due to the outreach and referral processes she implemented,” said Slevin.
“Helping us to measure success, implement improvements,
and research outcomes are all ways that Karly Westra has
contributed to helping underserved patients,” said Slevin.
“I’m just so thankful for all the experiences I’ve received at
Family HealthCare,” said Westra. “Everyone’s so kind and helpful
and there’s very much a culture of positivity and being positive
when we’re speaking to patients and thinking the best of people
and giving them second, third and fourth chances. That’s just
made it an incredible place to work,” said Westra, who didn’t
initially plan to work with populations who often fall through the
cracks of healthcare systems. “It’s really been something that
I’ve fallen in love with.”
Westra received the award on April 22 from Lt. Alan R. Patterson,
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and a graduate
of the NDSU School of Pharmacy (PharmD, MPH - 2017). Lt.
Patterson serves as a clinical pharmacist at Oyate Health Center NDSU pharmacy student Karly Westra received
in Rapid City, South Dakota. a U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public
Health Pharmacy Award for her impact on
improving care for patients.
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NDSU Pharmacy Students Play Role In
Vaccinating Patients
By Carol Renner, Office of the Dean, Marketing/Communication Coordinator, NDSU
College of Health Professions
The COVID-19 pandemic has given NDSU pharmacy students experience with patients
in real time in ways they could not have envisioned when they began their pharmacy
studies. More than 70 pharmacy students have administered COVID-19 vaccinations at
community centers, clinics, and at mass vaccination sites on the NDSU campus. They
were also among the groups trained to assist in vaccinating healthcare professionals
as soon as vaccines became available.
NDSU pharmacy student
“I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to serve my community in this way. I want
Erin Beauclair from Minto,
to do my part to help end this horrible pandemic,” said Erin Beauclair, a pharmacy
ND, assisted in vaccination
student who will graduate in 2022.
clinics in the region.
Beauclair said helping with vaccine clinics will assist her in being more confident in her
rotations and in practice.
Students are trained in vaccination techniques, according to Dr. Amy Werremeyer,
chair of NDSU School of Pharmacy and a preceptor for the events.
“Students get to combine skills they’ve learned in the classroom such as vaccine
administration technique, infection control, public health principles, process
management and improvement. Not only do they get to combine those skills, they
get to see them applied in action, which is invaluable as a learning opportunity.
That’s an experience that will impact students throughout their future careers,” said
Werremeyer.
Pharmacy student Jarod Burnside said interacting with those seeking vaccinations was
invaluable.
The experience also taught students how to manage the unexpected. “I had two Vaccination clinics helped
patients who developed acute syncopal episodes due to their hesitancy/fear of NDSU pharmacy student
needles. These were my first experiences with this type of scenario; however, our Jarod Burnside from Fargo,
experienced vaccination team was able to successfully assist and keep our patients ND, refresh his skills and
comfortable,” said Burnside. learn new ones.
In addition to Werremeyer, NDSU School of Pharmacy faculty members Heidi Eukel,
Elizabeth Skoy, Natasha Petry, Elizabeth Monson, and Amy Drummond served as
preceptors for vaccination events.
Pharmacy student Eva Byerley summed up the reasons she participated in vaccination
opportunities in the region.
“I wanted to volunteer to give vaccines to do my part in making an impact in the fight
against COVID and to represent the pharmacy profession as versatile members of the
healthcare team.”
NDSU pharmacy student
and Hazen, ND, native Eva
Byerley helps in the fight
against COVID-19.
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