October 19 @ 1:30 PM Central
The 4 Ps of Controlled Substance Prevention
by
Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA, President, Simple Solutions for Vets
Kelley Detweiler, Partner, Simple Solutions for Vets
Preventing controlled substance issues BEFORE they arise is how to achieve compliance success. This session will provide attendees with the basics of controlled substance problem prevention by focusing on four key areas, including:
- People: The individuals handling controlled substances in your practice. The DEA registrant is the most important person in this regard, but it doesn’t stop there. Preventing controlled substance compliance issues in your practice means you must be sure that the individuals ordering, managing, administering, prescribing, dispensing and wasting them have been properly vetted, documented and trained. How well do you know the people working for you?
- Product: The controlled substances in your practice. Do you know the DEA schedule for the controlled substances used in your practice and the requirements for each? Are you properly storing and securing them? Do you know which controlled substances have the highest rate of diversion?
- Paperwork: The controlled substance documentation and records in your practice. Poor recordkeeping is one of the top DEA violations for a reason. Working with controlled substances requires ongoing, meticulous recordkeeping which can be hard in a busy environment. Your paperwork must properly document the lifecycle of each controlled substance from the point of acquisition to administration, dispensing or disposition (disposal). Do your controlled substance records tell that story?
- Processes: The procedures for managing controlled substances in your practice. If processes and procedures are not in place to guide personnel in the proper management and use of controlled substances, problems are likely to arise. Having the right processes implemented and making sure people are trained on them is key to preventing controlled substance problems within your practice.
Participants will emerge from this session with the ability to better prepare their practices to meet DEA compliance requirements.
Dr. Peter Weinstein
Dr. Peter Weinstein is a husband, father, pet parent, veterinarian, and leader. He has been involved with virtually all aspects of veterinary practice from a 15-year-old kennel kid to a hospital owner. Organized veterinary medicine has been a passion as well with various roles and leadership and presidencies of Southern California VMA, California VMA, and Vet Partners. He is a published author, most notably of the EMyth Veterinarian-Why Most Veterinary Practices Don’t Work and What to Do About It. Currently, he is teaching business and finance at the Veterinary College of Western University of Health Sciences. He likes to think of himself as a free-thinking change agent and disruptor who, because he has a daughter who just graduated from veterinary school, is working for an even better veterinary profession in the future.
Kelley Detweiler
Kelley Detweiler is a DEA & regulatory compliance expert who provides controlled substance solutions to the veterinary, healthcare, supply chain and pharmaceutical industries. She is a partner in Simple Solutions For Vets with Dr. Peter Weinstein and the coauthor of “Safeguarding Controlled Substances” published by AAHA. Kelley has spoken on international platforms including the United Nations and continues to speak and write for various industry associations, organizations and publications including AAHA, Today’s Veterinary Business and Analytical Cannabis. Outside of her work in the veterinary industry, Kelley serves on the Board of Directors for Backbone Software, a supply chain management company based in Silicon Valley, and the New Jersey Cannabusiness Association providing regulatory guidance and advisement.