Telligen and CPESN Networks Recognized with 2024 Community Excellence Award

07 Nov 2024

Telligen and CPESN Networks were presented with the Health Equity Champion Award at Civitas Networks for Health’s 2024 Annual Conference for their efforts to increase vaccination rates and education at more than 1,000 nursing homes across Iowa, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Illinois. Click here for more information.

CPESN® Iowa Pharmacist Services Reduced Inpatient Admissions, Lowered Costs of Care for High-Risk Medicaid Patients

Inpatient admissions were 33% points lower for high-risk Medicaid patients engaged with CPESN community pharmacists during a pilot outreach program, compared with those members not reached by local pharmacists. Results of the claims data lookback study are reported in research released by the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute. Lindsey Ludwig, CPESN Iowa Executive Director, describes the impact of the two-year program in this short video. Elevance Health/CarelonRx currently has programs in 11 CPESN networks with plans to add more this year.

CPESN Iowa Pharmacies Improve Outcomes in New Elevance Health PPI Report

05 Sep 2024

Elevance Health's Public Policy Institute released a new paper entitled, “Outcomes in Medicaid Members Engaged in Health Plan, PBM & Community Pharmacy Collaboration. Their research highlights the positive effect unique collaborations between Health Plans, their PBMs, and CPESN pharmacies can have on medical service utilization, medical costs, and care quality, particularly for engaged members with chronic conditions.

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Successful Iowa Program Expands, Scales to Add Networks

Medicaid patients of 18 CPESN® Iowa pharmacies showed improved outcomes for their mental health, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with fewer ED visits and hospital admissions. Elevance Health reported the outcomes last week, concluding that value-based partnerships with CPESN community pharmacies can be an effective strategy to improve quality and lower costs for plan members with the most complex needs. Lindsey Ludwig, CPESN Iowa Managing Network Facilitator shares the details.

CPESN Leaders Slated Candidates for APhA Board of Trustees

05 Mar 2023

CPESN leaders Randy McDonough and Melissa McGivney are slated for the APhA Board of Trustees for the 2023 campaign year. Randy is a founding member of the CPESN Iowa network and currently serves as a luminary for CPESN Iowa, luminary expert for CPESN USA, and Director of Practice Transformation for Flip the Pharmacy. Melissa is a founding member and board member for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network (the CPESN Network in Pennsylvania) and is the Director of the Academia-CPESN Transformation Pharmacy Collaborative. Voting begins March 25, 2023.