Med Ed 101

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As a consultant pharmacist, I always try to stay on top of trends to help nursing homes stay on top of guidelines and best practices. With the help of a student, we reviewed 50 LTC facility surveys and share the findings of the most common 2024 nursing home survey deficiencies.

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STAT

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Doctors are trained to treat all sorts of patients — whether they’re at the clinic, the hospital or a nursing home — and respond to the unique needs of rural patients. Like Oyesiku, many graduates end up staying in the South. Read the rest…

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STAT

MARCH 13, 2023

days, it estimated, she would be ready to leave her nursing home. An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

People who are immunocompromised and those who live in nursing homes were also not included. But the trials for the vaccines, which have been approved for adults 60 and older, included few participants 80 and older. Read the rest…

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STAT

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The findings add to an accumulating body of literature underscoring the harm that occurs when financial investors take over health care providers — not only hospitals, but nursing homes , hospice care , and physician practices.

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STAT

OCTOBER 17, 2024

UnitedHealth Group, Humana, and CVS Health targeted denials among older adults who were requesting care in nursing homes, inpatient rehab hospitals, and long-term hospitals.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

while three leading wholesalers supply about 90% of medicines to hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, among others. Three group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, buy drugs on behalf of most hospitals in the U.S.,

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STAT

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group used secret rules to restrict access to rehabilitation care requested by specific groups of seriously ill patients, including those who lived in nursing homes or suffered from cognitive impairment, according to internal documents obtained by STAT.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

District Court of Minnesota accuses UnitedHealth and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, of using the computer algorithm to “systematically deny claims” of Medicare beneficiaries struggling to recover from debilitating illnesses in nursing homes. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Before the allegations of neglect, before the lawsuits, before the government investigations, the health care nonprofit InnovAge had a simple mission: Help the sickest and poorest seniors live comfortably in their communities, beyond the confines of nursing homes and hospitals. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

APRIL 10, 2023

Hospitals and nursing homes are competing for nurses after strikes across the country showed an empowered cadre of nurses fed up with high provider-to-patient ratios and stagnant wages. Three years after the pandemic upended the health care workforce, hospital staffing is still a top concern for hospital administrators.

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Pharma Times

JANUARY 2, 2024

The programme is the only remote, digital delivery nursing home training programme for dementia

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 3, 2024

The study highlights the ongoing need for health care providers to recommend respiratory illness vaccinations to increase protection among nursing home residents during the peak season of infection.

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STAT

MAY 1, 2024

” At that point, he was living in a nursing home and had debilitating symptoms: tremors, difficulty gripping with his hands, and trouble walking. “I signed off on letting them take a little piece of my brain,” he recalled. “I just [was] kind of willing to sign anything to expedite the process, so I did.”

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

People who are immunocompromised and those who live in nursing homes were also not included. But the trials for the vaccines, which have been approved for adults 60 and older, included few participants 80 and older. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Integra X Files

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Many of you may be well acquainted with nursing home payment models – but a short primer can refocus us on important facts or familiarize colleagues newer to the industry. Let’s review how nursing homes get paid – and especially how that affects how pharmacies get paid for serving their residents. Areas of efficiency?

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Pharma Mirror

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The post How Can Nursing Homes Protect Themselves from COVID-19? Researchers have found that the elderly are particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 virus that caused the epidemic. This is because they often have weaker immune systems, so they can’t fight off a viral infection easily. This new situation puts.

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NY Times

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black Americans.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

while three leading wholesalers supply about 90% of medicines to hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, among others. Three group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, buy drugs on behalf of most hospitals in the U.S.,

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NY Times

AUGUST 20, 2020

Researchers are testing an experimental drug to halt sudden outbreaks. The trial may bring a new type of treatment for the virus.

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Med Ed 101

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Part of a consultant pharmacist job is trying to prevent nursing home survey deficiencies. The post 2018 Consultant Pharmacy Nursing Home Survey Deficiencies appeared first on Med Ed 101. In the video above I break down some examples of deficiencies that have already happened here in 2018.

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NY Times

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The three-month pilot program involves just 1,000 doses of the medication in seven big cities. It’s not clear how much impact that will have as demand surges.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

JANUARY 26, 2024

The nursing home called EMS given the patient’s severe and progressive rash and the fact that the patient was feeling unwell. A day prior to presentation she developed a purple purpuric rash on her lower extremities that gradually progressed up her legs, and was present on her buttocks thighs, and lower legs. She lives alone.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Failing to protect the elderly from disease has consequences beyond nursing homes.

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Nursing Homes 59

pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2020

BLAZE-1 is also continuing – looking at bamlanivimab alone and in combination with etesevimab (LY-CoV016) another Lilly antibody targeting SARS-CoV-2 – and the company is also running the BLAZE-2 trial of bamlanivimab as prophylaxis against COVID-19 in nursing home residents and staff.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists executive director and CEO explained how staffing struggles in long-term care facilities can be an opportunity for pharmacists to expand the ways they provide support beyond immunizations alone.

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Integra X Files

JULY 17, 2023

Now, let’s turn our attention to locating nursing homes. CMS has an impressive dataset of all nursing homes enrolled in Medicare. Prior to using it, be sure to take the tool’s tour, as it may take a few attempts to become proficient. However, the data obtained will offer you valuable top-line insights.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

JUNE 29, 2022

These patients test their international normalized ratios (INR) at home. I also speak with nurses daily at nursing homes and home health agencies, answer drug information questions from patients or physicians, and precept pharmacy students.

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Integra X Files

DECEMBER 19, 2022

We were a lonely voice, raising our hands during public hearings and in conversation with members, asking how they planned to accommodate the needs of nursing home residents. Industry representatives spent many hours during 2004 discussing the needs of nursing home residents and the current standards of service.

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STAT

JULY 26, 2024

The horrific reports of more than 200,000 deaths of nursing home residents and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic put the nursing home industry under intense national scrutiny. But not all nursing homes experienced this level of tragedy and loss.

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Med Ed 101

JUNE 4, 2017

I’ve spent years of my life working in and around long term care (nursing homes). The CMS F-tag, F-329 Unnecessary Medications tag is by far (in combination with F-428) the most common survey deficiency that a consultant pharmacist can help a facility avoid.

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STAT

JULY 20, 2023

Private equity firms are rapidly buying their way into the U.S. health care system, and as they do, new research finds they tend to increase costs and may also harm quality. A new BMJ systematic review rounded up 55 studies on the effects of private equity buyouts in health care globally to flesh out an overarching conclusion.

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Med Ed 101

JANUARY 14, 2018

Why not start a Facebook page or blog designed to help nursing home staff and pharmacy […]. I shared a variation of this blog post about pharmacist entrepreneurs on Thepharmacygirl.com – you can also check it out here: As I was helping my dad on his family farm about 5 years ago, I had an idea.

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Med Ed 101

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

ADL’s and IADL’s Biostats basics (2 videos) Beer’s list Geriatric teaching Nursing Home Players Elder Abuse Caregiver Burnout Hospice Care […]. Hey all, through feedback, I have decided to add 10 more mini lectures to the 10+ hours of content already available for the CGP Webinar study guide! – Enjoy!

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European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

4 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) nursing home rating system, for example, was found to have facilitated significant price differentials between high and low-rated nursing homes. Quality rating and private-prices: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry. Case for Quality.

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Board Vitals - Pharmacist

JANUARY 2, 2023

The ABIM states that “The setting of the encounters reflect[s] current medical practice, so [roughly 75%] take place in an outpatient or emergency department setting…the remainder occur in inpatient settings, ranging from the intensive care unit to the nursing home.”. Take the ACP Internal Medicine In-Training Exam®.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 28, 2020

BLAZE-1 is also continuing – looking at bamlanivimab alone and in combination with etesevimab (LY-CoV016) another Lilly antibody targeting SARS-CoV-2 – and the company is also running the BLAZE-2 trial of bamlanivimab as prophylaxis against COVID-19 in nursing home residents and staff.

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Nursing Homes 104