Hospice Pharmacy Insights Archive

New This Month: Overview of the Most Recent Medications to Treat Diabetes, Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Hospice Caring for Veterans & Their Families, Ketamine for Depression, Clarifications for the Addendum as a Condition of Payment, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Covid-19 & COPD Management, Consensi & Qutenza, Medical Reviews & the Emergence of ADRs, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Deprescribing – Shared Decision Making, CMS Medical Review Audits Resume, Requested Delays In Implementation of Election Statement & Addendum, Impact of Telehealth During COVID-19, Public Health Emergency Extension, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: For Your Consideration: An Overview of Remdesivir, Regulatory Center: Comments to CMS re: Interim Final Rule, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New This Month: Making Telecommunication Tech Permanent In Hospice, FDA Voluntary Recall of Metformin ER, CDC/CMS Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: COVID-19 healthcare stimulus update, Relief Funding Revenue / Cost Template, Ongoing Drug Shortage Concerns, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: COVID-19 Regulatory Updates, CARES Act, CMS Guidance for Infection Control & Prevention Concerning COVID-19, Update from Wise Hospice Options CEO, Drug Shortage Concerns, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: Addendum of Election of Benefits Statements – Some Final (?) Details, Education Session 2020, Drug Shortages: An Update, What Do Expiration Dates On Medications Actually Mean?, & An Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: Addendum of Election of Benefits Statements, Education for 2020, Cost Increase : Ondansetron/Zofran, Delirium – Under Recognized & Under Treated, Biologics & Biosimilars, Newsletter Distribution Dates 2020, & an Updated Drug Shortage List.

New this Month: Melatonin, Addendum of Election of Benefits Statements, Upcoming Education for 2020, Ranitidine/Zantac
Recall & Shortages, & an updated Drug Shortage List.

New this month: Constipation Management, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019, Education Available for 2020, Update to Management of C. Diff, and an updated Drug Shortage list.