Focusing on access, education, and relationships, along with empowering pharmacy staff has helped Semmes Pharmacy in Semmes, AL expand a successful immunization program. Jessica Hung, pharmacist and owner, and Chyanne Coe, pharmacist technician and Clinical Services Manager, share program insights. Coe received the Pharmacy Team Member Award as part of the 2026 APhA Immunization Champion Awards program.

CPESN New Jersey has its first statewide payer program with Elevance Health/CarelonRx, bringing to 12 the number of CPESN networks with Elevance value-based programs. New Jersey pharmacies may contact Managing Network Facilitator Mina Sidhom [email protected] to learn more about the gap closure program for enrolled Medicaid patients

CPESN Michigan pharmacies have their first statewide payer opportunity with UnitedHealthcare's Pharmacy Care Hub. The program for enrolled Medicaid and dual eligible members includes medication management, counseling, and other services pharmacies may already be providing. And participating pharmacies may provide point-of-care testing, coordinate a telehealth doctor visit, and fill any resulting prescriptions - for a seamless patient experience, all within the pharmacy.

Valerie Akers, pharmacist and owner at Parkview Pharmacy in Minnie, KY, shares a multigeneration story of how investment in CHW training and a focus on improving rural healthcare is benefiting her community.

Kate Riddell, a CPESN ® Indiana community pharmacist, shares stories of meeting patients on their terms to deliver medications and clinical care. Overcoming access barriers is a daily way of doing business at Conway Drugs and Parkside Pharmacy in Lebanon, IN – whether it calls for perching on a drive-through window ledge or delivering medications to rural patients.

The value-based expansion of services allows CPESN® Florida pharmacies to work with patients over time to help them reach or maintain blood pressure and A1c goals. Theresa Tolle, pharmacist and owner of Bay Street Pharmacy in Sebastian, FL, describes how the payer program expansion benefits patients and pharmacies.

Tina Dotzler, owner and pharmacist at Pexton Pharmacy in Harlan, IA, says value-based reimbursement under the Elevance Health/ CarelonRx program allows dedicated time to help patients reach health goals. Watch this video to learn more about how the CPESN® Iowa pharmacy helped one patient reach her A1c goal.

Clinical Pharmacist, Rob Nicols of Greenwood Pharmacy in Waterloo Iowa shares information about the Community Health Assessment and Monitoring the Pharmacy (CHAMP) program. As the Phase I pilot study location for the program, their pharmacy hopes to increase screening rates for the second leading cause of deaths in Iowa, lung cancer. Despite national guidance, only 20% of eligible Iowans currently receive screening. The CHAMP program aims to increase this rate by thousands.

Annie Eisenbeis, Lead Network Facilitator for CPESN Missouri, urges all networks to build and leverage stakeholder relationships as their states make plans for coming rural health transformation funds.

2026 started off with a bang, says Alison Haas, CPESN® USA's Director, Value-Based Contracts, with two major payer programs expanding to new states. With more than 100 active payer programs (400+programs in the life of CPESN) the goal is to continue scaling to offer more revenue opportunities to pharmacies.