Roadmap to becoming a
Birth Control Pharmacy
IDENTIFY
Check what's possible in your state and get trained
Want to provide public health service but feel you don’t have the expertise?
The role of pharmacists in family planning services is more important than ever, exploding with many states allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal and emergency contraception. Birth Control Pharmacist is here to help with training, service implementation, and clinical resources.
EXPLORE
Find your market and explore how you can help your community
PLAN
Design and plan your service details
LAUNCH
Launch your new service
Click on a step to learn more and access helpful resources!
GROW
Evaluate for ongoing improvement opportunities
PLAN
Design and plan your service details
Once you know what’s possible and understand ways you can serve your community, you can plan your service. Build a solid foundation by drafting a clear business plan, writing policies & procedures (P&P’s), finding necessary forms, and mapping out the workflow in your pharmacy.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Join the Birth Control Pharmacist Community, a professional home designed for pharmacists to come together to share experiences, insights, and perspectives on contraception and pharmacy practice. Join us today for access to exclusive resources to help with implementation.
Learn service implementation strategies from Case Interviews with Early Adopters.
Map out your workflow using our workflow guides, checklists, and documentation forms.
Decide on a billing strategy using the Contraceptive Services Billing Primer.
Get credentialed with local insurers.
Visits is a clinical workflow platform for appointments, screening, assessment, clinical decision support for prescribing medications, documentation, follow-up, and medical billing—all in one place. With Visits, independent pharmacies can confidently deliver clinical services within their state’s scope of practice and billing opportunities.
Learn more at VisitsRx.com
LAUNCH
Launch your new service
Get the word out to your services to existing patients and the general community! Stragetize with in-store and digital marketing to maximize reach.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
List your pharmacy on our Birth Control Pharmacies directory to make it easier for patients to find you.
Use our Marketing Checklist to help you market your services effectively.
Dive in deeper with our Marketing Guide & Playbook, an in-depth guide that will walk you through optimizing your marketing strategy.
Visit our Resource Library for clinical guides, customizable marketing materials, patient education resources, and referral tools.
Order print and digital marketing materials to spread the word about your birth control services, and clinical tools for hormonal contraceptives and emergency contraceptive counseling.
- Birth Control Demo Kit -Clinical Resources Bundle -Marketing Materials (counter tents, rack cards, window decals, buttons, stickers)
IDENTIFY
Check what's possible in your state and get trained
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Policy Page Visit our Policy Page to see what legislation exists for pharmacists in your state to provide birth control directly to patients. If your state does not have a contraception prescribing policy yet, you can review model bill elements in our Policy Landscape Report.
State-Specific Resources Explore a curated list of state-specific resources to help you navigate the landscape of pharmacist-prescribed birth control in your state. Find links to legislation, board of pharmacy rules, helpful tools, and community resources.
Pharmacist Contraceptive Services Training Prepare yourself to prescribe contraception by taking our state-specific online training programs. The programs are ACPE-accredited and are accepted by state boards of pharmacy where applicable.
Additional Courses Stay up to date with a variety of live and on-demand courses to prepare you to provide reproductive health services at your pharmacy, including Complex Contraception Cases, Emergency Contraception, and a Reproductive Health Certificate Program (20 hours).
EXPLORE
Find your market and explore how you can help your community
Community Needs Assessment
Think about the current volume of birth control prescriptions in your pharmacy while keeping in mind that many reproductive aged people who may be interested in birth control may not be visiting the pharmacy regularly. Think about populations in your community that would benefit from pharmacist-prescribed contraception such as younger patients, patients between providers, or those in rural or underserved communities. Consider your existing relationships with local providers and opportunities for referrals. Use the following links to identify local demand and underserved populations.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Check BirthControlPharmacies.com to see which pharmacies in your area are already offering birth control prescribing - you may need to fill a gap!
Use the Bedsider Health Center Locator Tool to see which providers offer birth control prescribing in your area.
Identify counties within your state that are considered to be contraceptive deserts, where access to birth control is harder.
GROW
Evaluate for ongoing improvement opportunities
As you continue to refine and optimize your pharmacy's operations, it's essential to regularly evaluate for ongoing growth and improvement opportunities. This can inform how you can reach and retain more patients and where to invest your marketing efforts.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
The Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) measure is a validated, patient-reported tool developed to assess the quality of contraceptive counseling.
Key metrics to evaluate
- Number of patients using the service -Number of returning patients - Number of refills filled -How patients discovered your service
Join us in the Birth Control Pharmacist Community to share experiences, insights, and perspectives on contraception and pharmacy practice.
Reach out to us at mail@birthcontrolpharmacist.com with your questions, comments, and success stories!
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Roadmap to becoming a
Birth Control Pharmacy
IDENTIFY
Check what's possible in your state and get trained
Want to provide public health service but feel you don’t have the expertise? The role of pharmacists in family planning services is more important than ever, exploding with many states allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal and emergency contraception. Birth Control Pharmacist is here to help with training, service implementation, and clinical resources.
EXPLORE
Find your market and explore how you can help your community
PLAN
Design and plan your service details
LAUNCH
Launch your new service
Click on a step to learn more and access helpful resources!
GROW
Evaluate for ongoing improvement opportunities
PLAN
Design and plan your service details
Once you know what’s possible and understand ways you can serve your community, you can plan your service. Build a solid foundation by drafting a clear business plan, writing policies & procedures (P&P’s), finding necessary forms, and mapping out the workflow in your pharmacy.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Join the Birth Control Pharmacist Community, a professional home designed for pharmacists to come together to share experiences, insights, and perspectives on contraception and pharmacy practice. Join us today for access to exclusive resources to help with implementation.
Learn service implementation strategies from Case Interviews with Early Adopters.
Map out your workflow using our workflow guides, checklists, and documentation forms.
Decide on a billing strategy using the Contraceptive Services Billing Primer.
Get credentialed with local insurers.
Visits is a clinical workflow platform for appointments, screening, assessment, clinical decision support for prescribing medications, documentation, follow-up, and medical billing—all in one place. With Visits, independent pharmacies can confidently deliver clinical services within their state’s scope of practice and billing opportunities.
Learn more at VisitsRx.com
LAUNCH
Launch your new service
Get the word out to your services to existing patients and the general community! Stragetize with in-store and digital marketing to maximize reach.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
List your pharmacy on our Birth Control Pharmacies directory to make it easier for patients to find you.
Use our Marketing Checklist to help you market your services effectively.
Dive in deeper with our Marketing Guide & Playbook, an in-depth guide that will walk you through optimizing your marketing strategy.
Visit our Resource Library for clinical guides, customizable marketing materials, patient education resources, and referral tools.
Order print and digital marketing materials to spread the word about your birth control services, and clinical tools for hormonal contraceptives and emergency contraceptive counseling.
- Birth Control Demo Kit -Clinical Resources Bundle -Marketing Materials (counter tents, rack cards, window decals, buttons, stickers)
IDENTIFY
Check what's possible in your state and get trained
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Policy Page Visit our Policy Page to see what legislation exists for pharmacists in your state to provide birth control directly to patients. If your state does not have a contraception prescribing policy yet, you can review model bill elements in our Policy Landscape Report.
State-Specific Resources Explore a curated list of state-specific resources to help you navigate the landscape of pharmacist-prescribed birth control in your state. Find links to legislation, board of pharmacy rules, helpful tools, and community resources.
Pharmacist Contraceptive Services Training Prepare yourself to prescribe contraception by taking our state-specific online training programs. The programs are ACPE-accredited and are accepted by state boards of pharmacy where applicable.
Additional Courses Stay up to date with a variety of live and on-demand courses to prepare you to provide reproductive health services at your pharmacy, including Complex Contraception Cases, Emergency Contraception, and a Reproductive Health Certificate Program (20 hours).
EXPLORE
Find your market and explore how you can help your community
Community Needs Assessment Think about the current volume of birth control prescriptions in your pharmacy while keeping in mind that many reproductive aged people who may be interested in birth control may not be visiting the pharmacy regularly. Think about populations in your community that would benefit from pharmacist-prescribed contraception such as younger patients, patients between providers, or those in rural or underserved communities. Consider your existing relationships with local providers and opportunities for referrals. Use the following links to identify local demand and underserved populations.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
Check BirthControlPharmacies.com to see which pharmacies in your area are already offering birth control prescribing - you may need to fill a gap!
Use the Bedsider Health Center Locator Tool to see which providers offer birth control prescribing in your area.
Identify counties within your state that are considered to be contraceptive deserts, where access to birth control is harder.
GROW
Evaluate for ongoing improvement opportunities
As you continue to refine and optimize your pharmacy's operations, it's essential to regularly evaluate for ongoing growth and improvement opportunities. This can inform how you can reach and retain more patients and where to invest your marketing efforts.
Select the following resources to help you get started:
The Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) measure is a validated, patient-reported tool developed to assess the quality of contraceptive counseling.
Key metrics to evaluate
- Number of patients using the service -Number of returning patients - Number of refills filled -How patients discovered your service
Join us in the Birth Control Pharmacist Community to share experiences, insights, and perspectives on contraception and pharmacy practice.
Reach out to us at mail@birthcontrolpharmacist.com with your questions, comments, and success stories!