Medicare drug benefit guidance needs resident safeguards, ASCP says
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Haymarket Media
Feb 17, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should specify additional safeguards and patient protections in the Medicare drug benefit operational guidance to ensure that long-term care residents have...
Experts to plan for short-cycle drug dispensing in long-term care
Oct 01, 2010
Leading pharmacy professionals will meet next Thursday and Friday in Dallas to discuss short-cycle dispensing and its potential impact on long-term care. Federal officials must create regulations for shorter...
Pharmacists petition CMS for Part D changes to long-term care
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Haymarket Media
Jan 30, 2006
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and five other healthcare groups are recommending the government make several policy changes to the Medicare Part D program. The purpose is to resolve medication...
Long-term care pharmacists to share solutions
May 21, 2010
Top professionals in long-term care medication management will meet Wednesday for a three-day conference that will explore the implications of healthcare reform and also provide educational, networking...
Top geriatric medicine professionals gather at ASCP’s annual conference
Nov 10, 2011
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ 2011 annual meeting and exhibition will take place Wednesday through next Friday at the Phoenix Convention Center. Kicking off the event will be a...
ASCP at 50: Annual conference arrives Nov. 7
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James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
Organizers are completing final touches for the 2019 annual meeting and exhibition of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, which takes place Nov. 7-10 in Grapevine, TX.
Group outlines roles of long-term care leaders
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Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2007
Most long-term care professionals are generally aware of the role of medical director. Still, it is common to confuse the duties of the medical director with those of the attending physician.
LTC pharmacies forced to borrow to buy patient drugs, close as drug middlemen tighten grip on sector
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2024
Nursing home patient access to prescription drugs is being squeezed as several market and regulatory factors have combined to increase the power pharmacy benefit managers have over long-term care pharmacies,...
LTC pharmacists take stand on medication therapy management programs
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Haymarket Media
Aug 07, 2006
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists on Friday became the first organization to address medication therapy management (MTM) services for institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries.
LTC pharmacy groups want inclusion of more drugs under Medicare law
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Haymarket Media
Feb 25, 2005
Long-term care pharmacy organizations are urging Congress to take legislative action to include four classes of drugs that are currently excluded from the new Medicare outpatient drug benefit.