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Alumnus provides students with
experience in community pharmacy and
Medicare Part D
By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer Did you know Dr. Micah
Hata was a child actor?
College of Pharmacy Assistant Professor while implementing new programs His mother encouraged him and
Micah Hata, PharmD ’07, has been at within the corporate setting. Clinical his three brothers to get into acting
Western University of Health Sciences training is another important aspect of to make extra money and to
since his days as a student pharmacist in the program, so that the resident will be become comfortable talking in
2003. A graduate of the Class of 2007, a skilled patient care provider in the front of a camera. He started
Hata stayed at WesternU for his community.” auditioning in first grade, and did
community pharmacy practice residency Hata has had great success over the various commercials and extra
and was hired as an assistant professor. work, but never had a speaking
years educating patients about role in them. His most well known
Hata teaches pharmacy informatics, Medicare Part D through outreach and non-speaking role is a camper
health care financing, health insurance, lectures — saving patients more than named Yang in “Addams Family
billing and compensation, Medicare, $300,000 in medication costs this past Values” in 1993. Check out his
Medicare Part D, medication therapy year — and through teaching first-year IMDb.
management (MTM) and community pharmacy students how to provide
pharmacy-related topics to first-year assistance during community events. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368677/.
College of Pharmacy (COP) students.
Hata started doing Medicare Part D
In 2014, Ralphs grocery stores outreach during his residency in 2008, Hata Triplets update
approached COP about starting a thanks to a grant received by COP
community pharmacy residency Associate Dean Sam Shimomura, Dr. Hata says the triplets — Trent,
program. COP Department Chair PharmD. WesternU’s outreach effort Cole and Mackenzie Hata — are
Anandi Law, BPharm, PhD, tabbed was done in collaboration with all doing well and are healthy.
Hata to be the program director for the pharmacy schools in California to “Triplets have changed my
new residency. educate students and providers about priorities,” Hata said. “I used to be
Medicare Part D. able to take a lot of work home
Hata said there are now two different
community pharmacy residencies at “What stemmed from that was going with me and work to all hours of
WesternU, one that Associate Professor out to the community Medicare Part D the night, and now that’s
Dr. Karl Hess oversees — based out of events with mobile hotspot Wi-Fi impossible.”
Hendricks Pharmacy in Claremont and devices and laptops, and going to the
the Pharmacy at WesternU — and the online Medicare tool to help patients
Ralphs residency. Recent graduate evaluate their Medicare Part D plans,”
Corey Edwards, PharmD ’15, is the first Hata said. “Medicare Part D is different
resident of the program. than A and B, in that Part D is run by
private insurance companies. Medicare remove that barrier could improve
“There aren’t many community patient adherence to medications.”
pharmacy residencies in the country, beneficiaries could have 50-60
especially in California,” Hata said. insurance companies they can get Hata said the outreach is part of first-
“The goal of this residency is to train prescription drug benefits from. year student pharmacists’ curriculum.
pharmacists so that they’ll be able to Choosing from all those is a daunting, Experienced students hand off the
run and manage their own pharmacy sometimes frustrating task. Cost could process and teach new students while
and act like a pharmacist-in-charge be a barrier to adherence, so helping to Hata supervises.
“The goal of this residency is to train pharmacists so that Hata is currently working with a model
for adherence through prescription
they’ll be able to run and manage their own pharmacy and medication refill synchronization,
act like a pharmacist-in-charge while implementing new allowing pharmacists to be more
proactive in trying to catch non-
programs within the corporate setting.” adherence.
26 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
experience in community pharmacy and
Medicare Part D
By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer Did you know Dr. Micah
Hata was a child actor?
College of Pharmacy Assistant Professor while implementing new programs His mother encouraged him and
Micah Hata, PharmD ’07, has been at within the corporate setting. Clinical his three brothers to get into acting
Western University of Health Sciences training is another important aspect of to make extra money and to
since his days as a student pharmacist in the program, so that the resident will be become comfortable talking in
2003. A graduate of the Class of 2007, a skilled patient care provider in the front of a camera. He started
Hata stayed at WesternU for his community.” auditioning in first grade, and did
community pharmacy practice residency Hata has had great success over the various commercials and extra
and was hired as an assistant professor. work, but never had a speaking
years educating patients about role in them. His most well known
Hata teaches pharmacy informatics, Medicare Part D through outreach and non-speaking role is a camper
health care financing, health insurance, lectures — saving patients more than named Yang in “Addams Family
billing and compensation, Medicare, $300,000 in medication costs this past Values” in 1993. Check out his
Medicare Part D, medication therapy year — and through teaching first-year IMDb.
management (MTM) and community pharmacy students how to provide
pharmacy-related topics to first-year assistance during community events. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368677/.
College of Pharmacy (COP) students.
Hata started doing Medicare Part D
In 2014, Ralphs grocery stores outreach during his residency in 2008, Hata Triplets update
approached COP about starting a thanks to a grant received by COP
community pharmacy residency Associate Dean Sam Shimomura, Dr. Hata says the triplets — Trent,
program. COP Department Chair PharmD. WesternU’s outreach effort Cole and Mackenzie Hata — are
Anandi Law, BPharm, PhD, tabbed was done in collaboration with all doing well and are healthy.
Hata to be the program director for the pharmacy schools in California to “Triplets have changed my
new residency. educate students and providers about priorities,” Hata said. “I used to be
Medicare Part D. able to take a lot of work home
Hata said there are now two different
community pharmacy residencies at “What stemmed from that was going with me and work to all hours of
WesternU, one that Associate Professor out to the community Medicare Part D the night, and now that’s
Dr. Karl Hess oversees — based out of events with mobile hotspot Wi-Fi impossible.”
Hendricks Pharmacy in Claremont and devices and laptops, and going to the
the Pharmacy at WesternU — and the online Medicare tool to help patients
Ralphs residency. Recent graduate evaluate their Medicare Part D plans,”
Corey Edwards, PharmD ’15, is the first Hata said. “Medicare Part D is different
resident of the program. than A and B, in that Part D is run by
private insurance companies. Medicare remove that barrier could improve
“There aren’t many community patient adherence to medications.”
pharmacy residencies in the country, beneficiaries could have 50-60
especially in California,” Hata said. insurance companies they can get Hata said the outreach is part of first-
“The goal of this residency is to train prescription drug benefits from. year student pharmacists’ curriculum.
pharmacists so that they’ll be able to Choosing from all those is a daunting, Experienced students hand off the
run and manage their own pharmacy sometimes frustrating task. Cost could process and teach new students while
and act like a pharmacist-in-charge be a barrier to adherence, so helping to Hata supervises.
“The goal of this residency is to train pharmacists so that Hata is currently working with a model
for adherence through prescription
they’ll be able to run and manage their own pharmacy and medication refill synchronization,
act like a pharmacist-in-charge while implementing new allowing pharmacists to be more
proactive in trying to catch non-
programs within the corporate setting.” adherence.
26 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
