Hospice Pharmacy Insights Archive

New This Month: Novel Anti-Amyloid Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat Early AD, Potassium Tablets vs Liquid, Consider the Use of the CMS Model Hospice Election Statement, and An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Advanced Beneficiary Notice Revisited, Nalmefene HCL Injection Approval, Drug Cost vs Unique Formulations, Deprescribing Cholinesterase Inhibitor and Memantine, & an updated drug shortage list.

New This Month: NHPCO & NAHC Advocate for Consistent COVID Vaccine & Testing Requirements, Deprescribing: Proton Pump Inhibitors, and An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index & Payment Update Final Rule, Deprescribing: Antipsychotics, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Telehealth Legislation to Benefit Home Health & Hospice, New OSHA Covid-19 ETS, Deprescribing: Antiplatelet & Anticoagulant Medications, FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Propose Rule FY 2022, Deprescribing: Statins & Eye Drops. & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: The Beers List, Overactive Bladder, De-Prescribing: Low Hanging Fruit, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Hospice Listed as COVID-19 Vaccine Administrators, Drug Pricing Issues in LTC Related to Omnicare & PharMerica, Deprescribing Revisited, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Medications Approved in 2020, Move to Legalize Psilocybin for Terminally Ill Patients, Extension of Temporary Suspension of Medicare Sequestration, Hospice Program Integrity, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: Combination Drugs, Potassium Tablets vs Liquids, Social Isolation & Disenfranchised Grief, COVID Relief and Funding Bill, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: New Year Wishes, What Clinicians Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccines, Editor’s Note, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Deprescribing Becomes More Essential, A Fresh Look at Parkinson’s Disease, OIC in Cancer & Non-Cancer Patients, Hospice Staffing Requirements, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.