Robert Maher
Robert "Rob" Maher Jr., PharmD, is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network and adjunct faculty at Duquesne University School of Pharmacy.
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Sep 18, 2026
Robert MaherGUEST
lot of our contracts and why we created our clinically integrated network, which was being created right around when CPSN and it was a natural fit, was we had a way to talk to payers about what we can do.
Robert MaherGUEST
And pretty much most of our contracts are within our scope of practice here in the state of Pennsylvania, because every state does, just as Alex said.
Robert MaherGUEST
Now, the problem we have and where our we've grown very well of showing how we can impact and improve asthma outcomes, you know, diabetes.
Robert MaherGUEST
And in fact, one of our newer ventures, which is kind of lines up with where Alex's roles is, we're doing a maternal health program, which is very important because a lot of our counties don't have access to OBGYN care.
Robert MaherGUEST
And when we're working with our Medicaid providers, they're going, you know, this is a need.
Robert MaherGUEST
And so But where we run into limitations, and that's why I'm excited that our state, that our state association, PPA, and our Pennsylvania Society of Health System pharmacists are really starting to look at standard of care.
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Robert MaherGUEST
lot of our contracts and why we created our clinically integrated network, which was being created right around when CPSN and it was a natural fit, was we had a way to talk to payers about what we can do.
Robert MaherGUEST
And pretty much most of our contracts are within our scope of practice here in the state of Pennsylvania, because every state does, just as Alex said.
Robert MaherGUEST
Now, the problem we have and where our we've grown very well of showing how we can impact and improve asthma outcomes, you know, diabetes.
Robert MaherGUEST
And in fact, one of our newer ventures, which is kind of lines up with where Alex's roles is, we're doing a maternal health program, which is very important because a lot of our counties don't have access to OBGYN care.
Robert MaherGUEST
And when we're working with our Medicaid providers, they're going, you know, this is a need.
Robert MaherGUEST
And so But where we run into limitations, and that's why I'm excited that our state, that our state association, PPA, and our Pennsylvania Society of Health System pharmacists are really starting to look at standard of care.
8 MINS LATER