October 07, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Pharmacists can help control costs and improve patient care by working with primary care teams to optimize medication management.
Medication errors, unnecessary emergenc…
Scheffe Prescription Shop, a RxSelect CPESN pharmacy located in Enid, Okla., was highlighted by the Rural Health Information Hub for their Medication Synchronization Program. Click here to see the full article.
RxClinic Pharmacy, a Mutual CPESN participating pharmacy in Charlotte, N.C., was featured in a Pharmacy Today article by Senior Editor Loren Bonner. The article, entitled, "Finding the Right Fit: Chronic Care Management is More Flexible than You Might Think", appears in the November 2018 edition and also quotes Cody Clifton, PharmD, …
Towncrest Pharmacy, a CPESN Iowa pharmacy based in Iowa City, was featured in a November 1, 2018 online video and newsroom article by Pharmacy Times. Watch it here.
Join CPESN Directors Ashley Branham and Jay Williams along with CPESN USA Luminary Tripp Logan at the next Enhanced Services Boot Camp. Don’t miss this great opportunity to jump start your clinical services offering! For more information, click here.
To register, click here.
CPESN Networks and CPESN Executive Director, Troy Trygstad, are featured in a powerful new white paper from AmerisourceBergen and Good Neighbor Pharmacy. Click here to read the full document, entitled, “Independence Can’t Be Stopped: How Retail Trends Are Changing the Pharmacy Game.”
CPESN Texas Luminary Steve Hoffart, CPESN USA & Mutual CPESN Luminary Amina Abubakar, and CPESN Ohio Leader Kevin Day were all featured in the current issue of ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist. They all contributed significantly to the featured article, "Opportunity at the Point of Care".
Click here to see the article.
CPESN Networks and CPESN pharmacists were featured in a new PioneerRx blog post entitled, "Pharmacist eCare Plans Helping Patients Get Better".
Check it out: https://www.pioneerrx.com/web/blog/2018/10/ecare-plans-helping-patients-get-better/
CPESN Networks and Mutual CPESN were mentioned in an October feature story in The Courier-Tribune based in Asheboro, North Carolina. The article entitled, "Opioids: What Pharmacists are Doing" features Ashley Duggins, PharmD, from Prevo Drugs, a CPESN participating pharmacy. Click here for the full article.
CPESN Texas Luminary Steve Hoffart, Owner of Magnolia Pharmacy in Magnolia, Texas, was featured in last night's NBC News national broadcast. The 2-minute news segment featured the President's signing of new legislation prohibited gag clauses by Pharmacy Benefit Managers and was a follow-up to a previous investigative piece conducted …
CPESN Networks and CPESN South Carolina Luminary Deborah Bowers were included in a Drug Store News article recapping the NCPA Annual Convention award winners.
To read the whole article, click here.
CPESN Networks and CPESN USA Luminary Amina Abubakar were included in a Pharmacy Times article by Colleen Hall entitled, "Pharmacists Partner with Physicians on Chronic Care to Better Manage Patients."
To read the full article, click here.
CPESN Luminaries Hugh Chancy (Chancy Drugs) from CPESN Georgia and Theresa Tolle (Bay Street Pharmacy) from CPESN Florida joined NCPA CEO Doug Hoey, Senator Buddy Carter, and other pharmacy leaders as President Trump signed new legislation eliminating so-called gag clauses and allowing pharmacists to recommend the best option for the…
Amina Abubakar, PharmD, AAHIVP, owner of Rx Clinic Pharmacy in Charlotte, N.C., was honored by Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems with the Next-Generation Pharmacist Award in the Entrepreneur category. Abubakar is a luminary for CPESN USA and the Mutual CPESN network.
Click here to see the full announcement.
CPESN Networks was featured in the newly released 2018 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health. Click here to see the full article. Click here to see the full announcement from the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Deborah D. Bowers, PharmD, owner of York Pharmacy in Yorkville, S.C., was featured in a recent article in Chain Drug Review.
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Jim Spoon, PharmD, owner of Spoon Drug in Sand Springs, Okla., has been named the National Community Pharmacists Association 2018 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year. Spoon Drug is a participating pharmacy in the RxSelect CPESN Network and in CPESN USA.
Click here to see the full announcement.
Theresa Tolle, BSPharm, FAPhA, owner of Bay Street Pharmacy in Sebastian, Fla., was named the 2018 National Preceptor of the Year by the NCPA Foundation. The National Preceptor of the Year Award honors a pharmacist who has made significant contributions to the education of student pharmacists by devoting time, talent, and effort as a…
Deborah D. Bowers, PharmD, owner of York Pharmacy in Yorkville, S.C., was selected as the 2018 CPESN Luminary-of-the-Year, sponsored by Upsher-Smith. Bowers is the lead luminary for CPESN South Carolina.
Click here to see the full announcement.
Benjamin McNabb, PharmD, owner of Love Oak Pharmacy in Eastland, Texas, was honored with the 2018 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in recognition of his commitment to improving medication adherence. McNabb is a luminary with CPESN Texas.
Click here to read more.
CPESN Iowa President and CPESN USA Board Treasurer, Matt Osterhaus, and his wife Marilyn, were recently announced as recipients of the University of Iowa School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award. Congratulations to Matt & Marilyn!
To read the announcement, click here.
For CPESN® Luminary-of-the-Year Finalist, Deborah D. Bowers, CPESN Networks is the solution for offering quality services and sending a unified message to medical side payers. That belief is what drives the CPESN South Carolina lead luminary and owner of Yorkville Pharmacy. Deborah has worked tirelessly over the past year because she…
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
The Pharmacist Care Plan was the primary topic in a September 14, 2018 article on Healthcare-Informatics.com entitled, EHR-Compatible Pharmacist Care Plan Standard Opens the Door to Cross-Setting Data Exchange. The article by Zabrina Gonzaga, R.N., shares the importance of the Pharmacist Care Plan Standard for the future of community…
John Croce, owner of Four Corners Pharmacy in Delmar, N.Y., couldn’t pass up the opportunity to join CPESN® Networks after he spoke with Joe Moose (Owner of six Moose Pharmacy locations in N.C. and Director of Strategy & Luminary Development for CPESN USA) back in January of 2016. Joe shared the success of the CPESN Network in No…
Balls Food Stores, whose pharmacies participate in CPESN Kansas and CPESN Missouri, was recently recognized for receiving the 2018 Pinnacle Awards from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation. Congratulations to Balls Food Stores Clinical Services Coordinator, Emily Prohaska, and the rest of the Balls Food Stores pharm…
Stephanie Smith Cooney, Pharm.D., heard of the idea of high-performing pharmacies networking together and didn’t hesitate to join. Knowing she had to be a part of this significant change within the pharmacy industry, she joined Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network (PPCN for short) and CPESN USA. Stephanie’s pharmacy, Gatti Pharmacy …
CPESN USA has announced the finalists for the 2018 CPESN Luminary-of-the-Year Award, sponsored by Upsher-Smith. Nominations from across America were received and reviewed by a team of national luminaries. Finalists were selected based on efforts and results in developing a local CPESN Network, such as engaging local payers and achiev…
In a recent article entitled, "Hope for Community Pharmacy" and featured in the August 2018 edition of Drug Store News (Page 50), guest author Ed Vess highlights the importance of the CPESN movement to local community pharmacies. You can read the entire article here.
Doug Hoey, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association, points to CPESN USA in a recent national pharmacy publication. In a recent article entitled, "Current Rx Payment System Needs to be Changed" and featured in Chain Drug Review, Hoey says, "Rewarding pharmacies that are providing cost savings and quality value beyond dis…
Are you looking for more information on CPESN Networks? Have you heard of the term 'CPESN' but wondered what is was all about? CPESN USA is hosting informational sessions that are open to anyone. They are scheduled for the 4th Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Click here to register or to see a list of scheduled session…
Know a CPESN luminary that has gone above and beyond in the creation or development of a local network? If so, nominate them for the 2018 CPESN Luminary-of-the-Year Award sponsored by Upsher Smith. Act quickly. Nominations close on Wednesday, August 15th.
Click here for a nomination form.
CPESN Texas along with CPESN USA Director of Network Development, Ashley Branham, and CPESN Texas Luminary, Ben McNabb -- with his wife, Heather -- were featured in the August 3, 2018 edition of the Texas Pharmacy Association newsletter.
To read the whole article, click here.
In a recent article by Pharmacy Times, AmerisourceBergen leaders said they are focused on "driving awareness of pharmacy participation in and network adequacy for CPESN Networks".
Click here to read the entire article.
CPESN Tennessee was mentioned in a recent Drug Topics article. The article featured an interview with AmerisourceBergen executive Brian Nightengale who said the company is approaching reimbursement reform by supporting CPESN Networks.
Click here to see the full article.
CPESN Networks were included in a 2018 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) report titled, "No Place Like Home: Advancing the Safety of Care in the Home". The IHI report identified five guiding principles patient safety, including #4 - Effective team-based care and care coordination are critical to safety in the home setting.
…CPESN Networks and CPESN USA Director of Operations & Quality, Trista Pfeiffenberger, were featured in The Journal of the American Pharmacists Association in an article called, "Care team perspectives on community pharmacy enhanced services".
Click here to read the whole article.
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
CPESN Networks were described as, "a solution that redefines how pharmacies get paid" in a recent Drug Store News article by David Salazar. Industry leaders Doug Hoey, president and CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association, Ritesh Shah, owner of Drug$mart Pharmacy in Keansburg, N.J., and Steve Lawrence, Cardinal Health s…
David Smith, PD, owner of Smith Family Pharmacy in Conway, Arkansas was selected as the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year Award by the Arkansas Pharmacists Association.
To read more about David and his accomplishments, click here.
CPESN Networks and Moose Pharmacy were featured on MULTIBRIEFS.com. Check out author Sheilamary Koch's article, "Pharmacists forge an expanded role in patient-centered care".
Click here to read the entire article.
CPESN Iowa Luminary Cheri Schmidt was featured on-stage during the main general session at the Retail Business Conference in San Diego. Cheri shared how her Medicap Pharmacies are actively engaged in clinical medication synchronization and other enhanced services. Over 4,000 people attended the session. Cardinal Health's Retail Busin…
CPESN Networks and CPESN USA Director of Strategy & Luminary Development, Joe Moose, PharmD, were featured in a June 2018 article in Pharmacy Today entitled, "A whirlwind tour of value-based payment models—with pharmacists as your guide".
To read the full article click here.
Tiffany Barber from Hillsborough Pharmacy and Nutrition in Hillsborough, N.C., was featured in the May/June issue and online edition of ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist. Click here to read the whole article and learn about Tiffany's involvement in CPESN Networks.
We are excited to announce our CPESN® eCare Plan Summer Webinar Series, which is aimed at getting information into the hands of participating pharmacies. Click here to register for one of the four (4) sessions. All sessions will be the same and cover Pharmacist eCare Plan basics.
Our friends at the Missouri Pharmacists Association developed an impressive April-June 2018 issue of the Missouri Pharmacist Magazine. The issue is chocked full of CPESN-related articles. Check out the whole magazine here.
Click on the page numbers below to jump to that article directly!
Page 10 - CPESN Missouri: Local Network …
Several CPESN USA Directors will be helping the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) co-facilitate their Enhanced Services Boot Camps this summer. Previously, NCPA has hosted Boot Camps in New Jersey and Tennessee. Events in California, Florida, Wisconsin, and Missouri have now been scheduled. This innovative program exa…
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
Jen Alexander, PharmD, pharmacy manager at NuCara Pharmacy in Pleasant Hill, Iowa was featured in a recent Special Report by Drug Topics. She was quoted in the article, "Enhance Your Patient Counseling Skills."
Click here to read the whole article.
NuCara is one of nearly 100 pharmacies in Iowa participating in CPESN Networks.
This committee worked hard on developing a survey of their network and submitted an evaluation of a portion of the survey as a poster presented during 2018 APhA Annual Meeting. For their work, they were awarded the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management Presentation Merit Award. One of 8 winners out of over 500 posters …
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
Mutual Drug's announcement that they've established Mutual CPESN® Network is featured in ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist. The article includes the newest Mutual CPESN Video.
Check it out here.
Mutual Drug is excited to announce a new clinically integrated pharmacy provider network called Mutual CPESN. “The goals of the network align perfectly with Mutual Drug’s long-term mission of supporting community pharmacies,” said Patrick Brown, Mutual CPESN Lead Network Facilitator.
To read the full announcement click here.
There is a great article on CPESN® Networks by Lia Novotny with athenahealth (www.athenahealth.com) called "The Care Manager who Fills Prescriptions" featuring CPESN USA Luminary Amina Abubakar.
Check it out here!
Chris Antypas, PharmD, was featured in a recent Drug Topics article, entitled, "How One Pharmacy Is Delivering Better Care." Antypas is a Luminary for the Pennsylvania Pharmacist Care Network, a CPESN Network.
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Author Marvin R. Moore, PharmD, identified CPESN Networks as a reason for optimism in his Drug Topics article entitled, "The Future of Pharmacy is Not All Doom and Gloom."
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Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you
ICYMI: CPESN Iowa Luminary Cheri Schmit was featured in a February 2018 ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist blog post entitled, Creating a Clinical Environment for Pharmacy Practice.
To read the whole article, please click here.
In advance of the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition, Retail Pharmacy Magazine is featuring some of the event's speakers, including CPESN USA Director of Luminary Development Joe Moose, PharmD. The Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition will be held from May 3-6, 2018 on the…
CPESN Georgia and Lead Luminary Charlie Barnes were featured in an online article on NBC-2.
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Check out CPESN Florida luminaries DeAnn Mullins from Mullins Pharmacy and Theresa Tolle from Bay Street Pharmacy in a Pharmacy Times article on women at the forefront of pharmacy.
To read the full article, click here.
In advance of the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition, Retail Pharmacy Magazine is featuring some of the event's speakers, including CPESN USA Director of Luminary Development Joe Moose, PharmD. The Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition will be held from May 3-6, 2018 on the…
Physician Todd Rowland, MD featured CPESN Networks and Community Care of North Carolina in his most recent blog post. Look what physicians are saying about partnering with community-based pharmacies on care management. Click here: http://bit.ly/2G461IX
CPESN USA Director of Luminary Development, Joe Moose, was quoted in today's Pharmacist.com article on Value-based Payment Models. Check it out:
https://www.pharmacist.com/article/apha2018-journey-toward-value-based-payment-models
Joe was was of the podium speakers during a standing-room-only presentation on the same topic at the A…
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
CPESN USA Executive Director, Troy Trygstad, PhD, PharmD, MBA was featured in today's Pharmacy Forward Podcast. Troy shared how to use community based care delivery to create supports to help patients to optimally use medications. Pharmacy Forward is a podcast about advancing pharmacy practice by transforming knowledge into action…
CPESNSM USA Executive Director, Troy Trygstad, and Director of Strategy and Luminary Development, Joe Moose, were featured in the September/October 2017 edition in an article entitled, Independent, But Not Alone: CPESN Networks, by Caitlin Sattler, a Journalist with PioneerRx. To see the full article, click here.
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Community-based pharmacy owners and CPESNSM Luminaries will be joined by CPESN USA leaders to co-present "An Introduction to CPESN Networks" webinar series on Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. Here are the upcoming dates:
October 26th - Tripp Logan from L & S Pharmacy and CPESN USA's Ashley Bran…
Enjoy a great article on transforming a pharmacy to a value-based care model by CPESNSM USA Luminary Randy P. McDonough, PharmD, MS, CGP, BCPS, FAPHA and Shannon Rudolph, PharmD. The article was featured in the August 2017 issue of Pharmacy Times and posted on September 6, 2017 in the Pharmacy Times website.
Click here to read t…
Each month, the National Community Pharmacists Association® Innovation Center offers an educational continuing education webinar. This month, they will take a deeper look into the Arkansas CPESNSM with a course titled: Building a Network: Improving Opportunities Through Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Networks (or CPESNSM Net…
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
| Event | Dates | Location | Venue |
| MTM and Medication Adherence Innovations Summit | October 4-5 | Phoenix, AZ | DoubleTr… |
CPESN USA, along with Arkansas CPESN luminaries Anne Pace and Bobby Glaze, was featured in the September issue of America's Pharmacist. NCPA members can view it online here. Not an NCPA member yet? Visit the NCPA Annual Convention in Orlando and see what you are missing. Learn more by visiting www.ncpanet.org.
Missouri Pharmacist featured CPESN USA and the pending launch of the local network, CPESN Missouri, in their July-September 2017 edition. CPESN USA national luminary, Dr. Tripp Logan, was featured throughout the article which provided a great re-cap to their progress.
To read the full article, click here: https://cpesn.com/media/11…
Jay Williams, Director of Marketing Communications for CPESN USA, and Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, MD, MPH, a Primary Care Provider with Wake County Human Services and Medical Director for Community Care of Wake and Johnston Counties were featured in Pharmacy Times.
The article entitled, Marketing Your CPESN Network (and your Pharmacy)…
CPESN and Trista Pfeiffenberger, PharmD, MS, Director of Quality and Operations for CPESN USA and Director of Network Pharmacy Programs for Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), were recently featured in a recent article in Drug Topics. Check it out!
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacy-payment-model-me…
CPESN's Troy Trygstad was featured in the May 2017 edition of Population Health News. Click here to see the full article.
To read the entire issue or to subscribe to Population Health News visit www.PopulationHealthNews.com or call 209-577-4888.
Since their groundbreaking work with MTM in the 1990s, pharmacists in Iowa have consistently been national leaders in innovating pharmacy practice. This trend continues as Iowa pharmacists were some of the first to investigate the creation of their own CPESNSM network.
When asked about the secret to their success, CPESN luminary …
The CPESNSM leadership team has earned some frequent flyer miles as they’ve traveled all over the country telling the story up-and-coming CPESN pharmacy networks. In the past two weeks along, recent stops have included:
· Minot, North Dakota for the North Dakota Pharmacists Association Annual Convention
· Macon, Geor…
Local Network Updates
The CPESNSM movement is gaining momentum in many local areas across the country. Here are some recent highlights from just a few of the local CPESN networks that are collaborating to change the future of pharmacy practice in America.
AIP-GA CPESN
The AIP-GA CPESN is going strong and building momentum! Cur…
“I’ve been a pharmacist for 41 years and through most of that time we’ve been beat up by people believing that all we did was lick, stick, count and pour. Now we have a chance to validate what some community pharmacists have been doing for decades,” said Charlie Barnes. “We can help the high-risk, chronically-ill patients improve t…
CPESN USA has been working closely with the leadership teams from several local networks to help them create their local network logo, promotional flyers, and digital marketing materials.
Logos have been finalized for the following local CPESNSM networks: CPESN Iowa, Mutual CPESN (North Carolina), CPESN Utah, AIP-GA CPESN (Georgia)…
Executives from the CPESNSM USA leadership team and CPESN Iowa local network luminary, Ryan Frerichs, PharmD, were featured in the May 2017 edition of Pharmacy Today.
In the article entitled, Community pharmacies with enhanced services link up as networks nationwide, CPESN USA executives, Ashley Branham, PharmD, BCACP, and Trista P…
Join CPESNSM Leaders Ashley Branham, Joe Moose, and Jay Williams along with many successful pharmacy owners for the Re-Engineering Your Pharmacy Boot Camp, presented by NCPA’s Innovation Center. Presenters will demonstrate how they’ve been able to streamline workflow and make time for new opportunities, get staff buy-in and develop s…
This week's Relentless Health podcast features CPESNSM Executive Director Troy Trygstad discussing the Pharmacist eCare Plan and improving the collaboration between the pharmacist and the rest of the health care team. Click here to listen in: http://relentlesshealthvalue.com/audios/129/
This is the second time Trygstad has been a…
Check out CPESN Executive Director Troy Trygstad's stint on the Elevate Pharmacy Virtual Summit hosted by Blair Thielemier. In the first web-based pharmacy conference experience, they discuss community-based pharmacies that provide enhanced services and integrate with the local care team and how those pharmacies can positively impact…
Join us! CPESN Leaders and Luminaries will be sharing the CPESN story at the following upcoming conferences. If you are attending one of these events, come see us. We look forward to connecting with you.
CPESN will host nearly 75 local luminaries during a special CPESN event scheduled for February 8-9, 2017 at the Durham Convention Center in Durham, North Carolina. The two-day agenda will be full of sharing best practices from across the country and learning more about the success of the CPESN in North Carolina.
Thursday, February 9…
CPESN's Trista Pfeiffenberger, PharmD, MS, received the Don Blanton Award from the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. The award recognizes the pharmacist who contributed the most to the advancement of pharmacy in North Carolina. She was cited for her work with CPESN, Hepatitis C, and Care Management. Congratulations Trista!
…The CPESN movement is gaining momentum in many local areas across the country. Here are some recent highlights from just a few of the CPESN groups that are collaborating to change the future of pharmacy practice in America.
CPESN Louisiana
Since their initial meeting in mid-October, the CPESN team in Louisiana has been working …
Lantana Consulting Group was awarded a High-Impact Pilot by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The pilot will test and refine a standard for pharmacist care plans and to deploy the standard across the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network in N…
Join the CPESN movement! Connect with like-minded community pharmacists to become high performing, enhanced services delivering pharmacy. Our unique approach and expertise will help empower participating pharmacies to take this important next step in the evolution of pharmacy practice.
Here are a few of the benefits you can enjoy by…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been on the forefront of healthcare practice. In order to provide better quality of care and reduce costs, in 2014, they partnered with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) to create a program dedicated to increasing the resources for patients with the highest needs. The…
When pharmacists track meds, collaborate with docs, everybody wins
October 07, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Pharmacists can help control costs and improve patient care by working with primary care teams to optimize medication management.
Medication errors, unnecessary emergenc…
In a previous blog post we introduced you to Ashley Branham who is helping expand high performing pharmacy networks through North Carolina, which can be seen in a short, informative document called "Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network: A Primer For Primary Care Providers Working With CCNC" The format was based on questions…