If you have made the decision to buy a pharmacy or you want to open a pharmacy from scratch, NCPA has a full spectrum of resources to prepare you to make informed choices along the way to ownership. The Ownership Academy offers resources to help you select a location for your pharmacy, negotiate your lease and manage your inventory.

Other valuable tools will calculate inventory, inventory turns and gross margin return on investment. Check out IPMS and PBCS for current pharmacy listings by state.
 

• Live Programming
      » Ownership Workshop
      » Convention Ownership Academy Live!
      » Annual Convention and Trade Exposition
      » Legislative Conference
  
   
• Immunization Resource Center
  
   
• Professional Development
  Find continuing education (CE), to keep your license current and National Institute for Pharmacist Care Outcomes (NIPCO) Certificate programming to keep your clinical skills sharp. You will also find a wide variety of seminars/short courses, conferences, certificate programs, interactive presentations, and other development opportunities.
  
   
• NCPA Bookstore
  
      » Guide to Buying a Pharmacy: A How to Manual
  
      » Effective Pharmacy Management CD-ROM
          Develop and hone your management and ownership skills. Twenty chapters ranging
          from entrepreneurship to employment law to marketing principles.
  
      » Pharmacy Technician Training Program
          This manual will serve as a superior training guide for you and your pharmacy
          technicians. It is also ICPT endorsed for preparing technicians who will be
          taking the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT®).
  
      » NCPA Employee Manual
          Every well managed store needs one but developing an employee manual is no
          easy task. NCPA has made it easy and convenient to customize an employee
          manual for your pharmacy operation.
  
   
• Junior Partnership Resources
  Members Only information about buying or selling a pharmacy through a Junior Partnership.
  
   
• Ownership Planning Documents
      » Ownership Start Up Checklist
      » Choosing A Pharmacy Location
      » Managing The Inventory
      » The Pharmacy Lease
      » Pharmacy Financial Measures
      » Inventory Cash Flow Management Calculator
  
   
• Business Calculators
      » NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health
          Look up current figures from top-performing and median-reporting pharmacies
          across the country to benchmark the performance of your business.
      » Efficiency Calculator
      » Cash Flow Calculator
      » Profitability Calculator
      » SBA Cash Flow Template
  
   
• Financing Resources
      » Small Business Administration
      » Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs Small Business
  
   
• Surescripts PEER Portal
  Surescripts encourages you to share your e-prescribing experiences via the Pharmacy E-Prescribing Experience Reporting Portal. They welcome all comments - whether you have suggestions for improvement or complaints about the process. The Portal is not a technical support site, rather its aim is to gather information to identify trends and system issues. Technical support issues should be reported to your pharmacy software vendor.
  
   
• Protect Your Pharmacy Now!
      » Read tips to help stop drug diversion and protect your patients.
      » Watch videos to learn more about robbery and diversion.
      » Download the Pharmacy Security Checklist for common weak spots in pharmacy security.
      » Get the RxPATROL Incident Report Form to communicate robbery details to the authorities.
      » Discounts on Employee Background Screening Services and Closed Circuit TV Systems.
  
   
• NCPA Promotions
  
  Buy-Sellapharmacy.com
  Our firm functions as evaluators, appraisers and advisors to the world of independent community pharmacy buyers and sellers. Utilizing 21st Century technology tools and sophisticated financial modeling capabilities, we help buyers and sellers enter into a fair and equitable transaction, one which will withstand the test of time and provide each party to a transaction with what they expected. For the seller, a fair price and a qualified buyer. For the buyer, an economic outcome that will provide him or her with a reasonable return on invested capital, the ability to service any debt incurred and the ability to earn a salary commensurate with the managerial responsibilities and risks involved in owning one's own business. NCPA members are entitled to special discounts from our standard fee schedule on all professional services.
  
  
  Prudential Consulting Broker Service
  Prudential Consulting Broker Services (PCBS) is offering its full range of services to NCPA members interested in buying or selling a pharmacy. PCBS will determine a pharmacy's market value, locate potential sellers or qualified buyers and negotiate on your behalf. PCBS is a highly specialized independent pharmacy brokerage service and brings you advantages that no other brokerage or consulting firm can offer. Many so-called "brokers" and "consultants" are not legally licensed, or insured, to buy or sell a pharmacy. With Prudential Consulting Broker Services, you will be working with fully licensed and insured business broker, registered pharmacist and pharmacy industry specialist Daniel J. Lannon, R.Ph. Contact Dan today for a free consultation. Exclusive: Buyers receive lifetime NCPA membership, call for details!
  
   
• Fraud, Waste and Abuse Compliance
      » Fraud, Waste and Abuse FAQ
      » NCPA Employee Manual—customize policies and procedures (includes Medicare Part D FWA).
      » PRS Compliance Program and Training Manual
      » Preventing Fraud Waste and Abuse Training Program—NCPA is pleased to offer this
          program to help community pharmacies prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.