The website puts senior care pharmacist resources and educational tools up front and allows users to see continuing education opportunities
Pharmacist group proposes compromise to CMS on conflict-of-interest concerns
Dec 19, 2011
A consultant pharmacists’ group has proposed a compromise on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid recommendation that could have put independent pharmacists in nursing homes.
Redilearning reaches agreement with MED-PASS
Jun 11, 2014
Redilearning has reached an agreement with MED-PASS that will offer online education courses to healthcare professionals.
Consultant pharmacists join call for delay in short-cycle dispensing for long-term care
Mar 21, 2011
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists recently joined a growing list of pharmacist- and healthcare-organizations that oppose a shorter prescription drug dispensing cycle for long-term care facilities.
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...
LTC pharmacists to meet in Orlando
Oct 31, 2014
The 2014 annual meeting and exhibition of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists will take place Wednesday through Friday in Orlando. The group will be “celebrating 45 years of building our...
AMDA aims for 25 percent meds reduction in data-sharing deprescribing campaign
By
Alicia Lasek
May 06, 2021
AMDA is challenging industry clinicians and operators to join a push to reduce polypharmacy. Prescribing data will be collected and overall trends analyzed and shared with participants.
Booster clinics set to begin in facilities following CDC sign-off on Pfizer shot
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 27, 2021
Booster shot clinics at long-term care facilities are expected to begin immediately after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended that Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster dose be administered...
LTC continues prep for complex COVID booster shots after unanimous panel vote
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 20, 2021
Nursing homes and long-term care pharmacies eager to give booster shots to residents and workers moved a step closer in the administrative process after the federal government secured a key regulatory...
A potential ‘miracle’? Feds push monoclonal antibody treatments toward SNFs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2021
COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies are now widely available for use by skilled nursing facilities — and early results show promise, according to long-term care pharmacy leaders.