A chance conversation with a pharmacist changed Frank Grosso’s life.
Experts call for larger pharmacist role in medication management
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 24, 2015
Pharmacists should be able to tap into a resident’s full electronic health record as a way to improve care, industry experts said Tuesday during the Long Term and Post Acute Care Health IT Summit...
Pharmacists object to further restrictions for hydrocodone combination products
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 25, 2014
Hydrocodone combination products such as Vicodin will now be in the same, more-restrictive category as OxyContin and fentanyl under the Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced...
McKnight’s wins ASHPE, Hermes awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2017
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News was recently honored with several sets of national awards.
McKnight’s fields finalists in ASBPE awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2015
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News is a finalist for two national awards in the annual American Society of Business Publication Editors (Azbee) competition.
ASBPE honors McKnight’s online, in print
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2019
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News was named one of the nation’s best business publications in May. The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) honored McKnight’s as one of the top 10...
Plan will push care planning
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 05, 2015
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to reimburse practitioners for discussing advance care planning drew praise of long-term care medical directors in July.
Senior living executives sentenced
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2018
The former chief operating officer of American Senior Communities was sentenced to 4½ years in prison last week as part of a fraud scheme that also took down the company’s CEO.
Sitting still not an option
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 01, 2012
From his days as a child to running around the halls of UHS centers to running after his own children, Neil L. Pruitt Jr. has always balanced family and work.