Rising drug costs and declining reimbursements significantly impact profits, and long-term care pharmacies today have to do more with less.
Might there be a drug company in your future?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 13, 2018
If you want to know what skilled care will look like in five years, consider what hospitals look like today.
When perfect is the enemy of good
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 31, 2017
One of the common refrains you heard last week as the GOP healthcare plan marched to its demise was Republicans saying that “we’re letting perfect be the enemy of good.”
Talking dual eligibles, MedPAC with a Harvard long-term care guru
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 22, 2018
We all have something that we’ll admit to getting a little geeky about.
Defining tolerance in therapy
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Feb 12, 2014
How do you define tolerance? Is tolerance measurable? Is tolerance too subjective? What about activity tolerance? We love to document how patients are improving activity tolerance, but many times that’s...
Fixing the empathy gene
By
Mary Gustafson
Feb 09, 2012
If you are reading this, you likely work in long-term care and probably are skilled at empathizing with others. But you might have a coworker who doesn’t seem to “get it” yet.
Three reasons your SNF should sign up for CMS’s BPCI Advanced Program
By
Gene Huang
Nov 01, 2017
BPCI Advanced, or the next iteration of CMS’s Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative, is coming. Despite the recent shake-ups at HHS, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that enroll in the...
Take my advice, please
By
John O'Connor
Jan 06, 2012
One of the perks of working in this field is that there is no shortage of people or agencies willing to tell you exactly what to do.
For happy residents, don’t go the extra mile
By
Tim Mullaney
May 13, 2014
I have a welcome message to share with long-term care professionals: You should relax. Don’t worry about going above and beyond for your residents and their families, because chances are, they’re...
PBMs must stop taking advantage of seniors and taxpayers
By
Alan G. Rosenbloom
Sep 24, 2018
out-of-control prescription drug pricing is most certainly hurting American seniors and the LTC pharmacies committed to ensuring access to medications and consulting services for Medicare beneficiaries...