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"Colorado Pharmacists Society improves patient care and public health by
advancing and supporting the professional practice of pharmacy
while serving as the voice of pharmacy in Colorado."
The Colorado Pharmacists Society provides support and services to over 800 member pharmacists, technicians and associated pharmacy professionals. The Colorado Pharmacists Society was formed from the merger of the Colorado Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and the Colorado Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (CSHP).
The CPhA began as the Colorado Pharmacal Association in 1890 and celebrated its 110th Annual Convention in the year 2000. CPhA was the affiliated state association of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). CSHP began serving health-system pharmacists over 54 years ago as an affiliate of the American Society of Health-System (ASHP). These two organizations began a formal merge process in June of 2000 and completed the official formation of the Colorado Pharmacists Society in June 2001.
CPS represents pharmacists in all practice settings at state and national legislatures, boards of pharmacy, professional meetings and seminars and maintains affiliations with the national pharmacy organizations, the American Pharmacists Association and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
CPS monitors and lobbies over a dozen bills every legislative session, dealing with issues such as pharmacy reimbursement, restrictions on generic substitution and payment for pharmacy services. The CPS legislative committee has helped build a coalition supporting regulatory change permitting Collaborative Drug Therapy Management in Colorado and is currently assisting the department of Medicaid in their promotion of a program that will pay pharmacists for drug therapy management services.
CPS provides over 50 hours of continuing education every year. CE programs will continue to be offered in a variety of venues, including annual meetings, full day seminars and evening dinner programs.
The CPS Board of Directors voted to establish an Academy of Health-System Pharmacists (AHP) to strengthen CPS’ affiliation with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. If you identify yourself as a health-system pharmacist when you become a member, you will automatically be part of this new academy. If you would like to be added to the list of members of the AHP academy, please contact the CPS office.
As a member of the Colorado Pharmacists Society you are entitled to the following benefits:
Meetings and Continuing Education
The State of Colorado requires each pharmacist to complete 24 hours of ACPE approved continuing education every two years. The Colorado Pharmacists Society offers regularly scheduled, ACPE approved, Continuing Education programs including hour long evening programs, the Annual Convention and the Annual Continuing Education and Ski Seminar.
- 50 hours of continuing education per year.
- Three annual meetings per year, providing 10-15 hours of ACPE approved CE per meeting.
- Evening CE programs providing 1 - 2 hours of ACPE approved C.E. per event.
- CPS/School of Pharmacy Program C.E. Program providing 6 hours of ACPE approved CE.
Communications/Publications
- Capsulette Newsletter providing articles focusing on regulatory and legislative developments and local pharmacy news.
- Electronic newsletter E-Capsulette providing the latest news and information.
- Colorado Pharmacists Society Journal providing articles of professional interest, national pharmacy organization news and recaps of pharmacy events in Colorado.
- Web site providing information on topics pertaining to pharmacy on a state and national level.
- E-mail notification of upcoming CE programs and other pharmacy events.
Governmental Affairs
- Professional lobbyist representing the interests of the CPS members.
- Executive Director/Lobbyist representing the interests of CPS members at the State Capitol, nation's Capitol, State Board of Pharmacy, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (Medicaid).
- Executive Director monitoring legislative and regulatory proposals affecting pharmacy in Colorado.
Web site
- Information on Drug Therapy Management.
- Information on Medicare Part D.
- Information on Continuing Education Programs; some with on-line or email registration.
- Information on the CPS Annual Meetings.
- Information on state pharmacy organizations such as Colorado Pharmacy Scholarship Foundation and the Colorado Patient Safety Coalition.
- Information on state and national legislation.
- State and national pharmacy news.
Additional information about CPS may be found at this website or by contacting the Executive Director, Val Kalnins.
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