Washington State Pharmacy Association

Board of Directors Retreat

Suquamish, WA

January 29th – 30th, 2016


Directors in attendance: Steve Boulanger, Angela Stewart, Steve Singer, Larry Oliver, Kirk Heinz, Stan Jeppesen, Julie Akers, Don Downing, Stephanie Heeney, Bradley Hanna, Evan Sainsbury, Amanda Lyons, Bridgett Edgar, and Dianna Fish, Jennifer Wilson Norton

Guests: Chuck Paulsen, Howard Crabtree

WSPA CEO and staff in attendance: Jeff Rochon, Jenny Arnold, Vergil Cabasco, and Dedi Little.

Directors not in attendance: Shelby Denney, Melissa Hansen, Manpreet Chahal, Leon Alzola, Megan McIntyre

Meeting began at 10:16 am

Motions WSPA Staff Activities Board Activities

Agenda Items / Background / Discussion / Action
Welcome (Introductions)
Steve Boulanger / Members and staff introduced themselves.
Board Member Orientation
Review of Board Member Responsibilities
Jeff Rochon / Board Documents distributed to each Board Member at beginning of term.
Conflict of Interest and Anti-Trust Statement introduced and passed for signature during the meeting. / The Board Member Orientation presentation on the Carver Policy Governance Model was presented.
Rochon presented on expectations of the board, financial partnerships, processes, and history of the association. Questions answered. / Staff will post the Dec page of the D&O insurance policy on the BOD resource page.
Consent Agenda and Committee Reports
Boulanger
1. Approval of Minutes
2. CEO Monitoring Report - Rochon
3. Financial Report - Singer
4. Committee Reports
5. Academy Reports / Minutes sent to members before the meeting
CEO Monitoring Report send before the meeting
Financial statements distributed prior to the meeting.
The Health Systems Academy, and Independent Academy sent their reports to the board prior to the meeting. / Minutes reviewed, one typo corrected.
Questions and remarks made to the CEO monitoring report.
Financial Report and budget discussed. Questions answered.
Membership Committee discussed by Heinz. Volunteers requested for the committee.
No updates from Awards committee.
Elections committee presented the decision to wait to fill Heinz’s vacated term on the board when he was elected to President until this retreat.
Academy Reports:
There will be an academy leaders mini-retreat on Feb 19th at the WSPA Office.
- Long Term Care Academy: Boulanger discussed new ASCP leadership and discussions with them, including CE at Convention.
- Health Systems Academy. Oliver discussed his report including new leaders Brent Bell and Chris Greer.
- Tech Academy update presented by Edgar.
- Heinz presented the report for the Independent Academy.
- Sainsbury and Akers presented the WSU Update, including a breaking away from PPSO. Staff will work with the WSU liaisons and Akers to improve the process of free graduate membership. Heeney and Downing provided a UW update. / Motion to Approve minutes. Approved
Motion to form a board committee to review the ends statement reflect the strategic plan. The committee will include Stewart as the chair, Jeppesen, Wilson-Norton and Oliver, Akers will be a part of the committee and report back at the next meeting.
Motion to approve the 2016 Budget. Approved.
Motion to approve Financial Report. Approved.
Membership committee volunteers include Hanna, Edger, Heeney, and Boulanger.
State of the Association
Jeff Rochon / Rochon presented on WSPA staff activities including the upcoming meetings, Provider Status Work, the App, and Amicus brief for Storman’s case. Staff will develop a one pager of speaking points on 5557.
Pharmacy Practice Development
Jenny Arnold / Provider background documents on the Pharmacists as Providers Page on the WSPA site. / Arnold, Cabasco and Rochon presented on WSPA’s work around ESSB 5557 Implementation. The workgroups, internal credentialing meetings, etc.
Membership
Vergil Cabasco
Kirk Heinz / Membership numbers, membership survey and action items developed by staff shared before the meeting.
LRAC Legislative Update
Dedi Little and Jeff Rochon / Legislative documents, and LRAC financial options and background documents were sent to the directors prior to the meeting. / Little led a discussed of multiple bills active in this session. Paulsen and Crabtree presented the difficult financials of LRAC, and the need for restructuring of LRAC into WSPA. / Motion to have Executive Committee create a task force to include the LRAC chair and co-chair to discuss restructuring of LRAC into WSPA and bring recommendations back to June meeting. Approved
Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission Rules of Engagement
Jeff Rochon / Discussed the changes with PQAC, Executive and DOH control. Concern for the autonomy of the Commission to regulate the profession in an effective way discussed. / Motion to create a position statement to express WSPA Board of Director’s concern for the relationship between The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission and the Washington State Department of Health. Approved
Next Steps 2016
Steve Boulanger / Cabasco provided an update on the potential for a WSPA PAC. Boulanger readdressed the issue of changing the WSPA Sec/Treasurer position to an appointed, not elected position. The board discussed the role of pharmacists in opiate addiction. / Motion for the CEO to draft proposed bylaws changes to change the Sec/Treasurer Position on the WSPA BOD to an appointed position. Approved.
Parking Lot / A review of the intertwining discussions during the retreat. Included restructuring membership, communications to members, LRAC and donations. Also, the board decided to wait to fill the empty position on the WSPA BOD until June. For the good of the order there was a discussion of the need for WSPA to address Specialty Medication issues in partnership with patients. The need to communicate concerns with PQAC proposed rules to our members as they occur was mentioned.


Meeting Adjourned 1/30/16 4:48 pm