Building Revenue and Support Through Diabetes Education Featuring Leanna Schwend, PharmD, DCES
The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast: Sykes & Company, P.A. · 2025-06-05 · 21 min
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Send us Fan Mail Schedule an Rx Assessment Subscribe to Master The Margin According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is about 17% more prevalent in rural areas than urban ones. With rural communities often facing barriers to accessing healthcare, including limited specialists and transportation. But what if there was a way to increase rural patient access to specialists? In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP® and Bonnie Bond, CPA talk with Leanna Schwend, PharmD, DCES, owner of Yellowstone Pharmacy in Montana and founder of SugarBEAT for a powerful conversation on turning personal adversity into clinical innovation. After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before graduating pharmacy school, Leanna’s career trajectory transformed leading her to create one of the only certified diabetes education programs in a Montana retail pharmacy. Now, she’s helping patients and other pharmacy owners bridge gaps in diabetes care, education, and revenue generation.