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Pharmacy

  • Multiple packaging systems
  • Customized MAR and treatment records
  • On call 24 hours 7 days per week 365 days a year
  • Twice daily delivery available locally
  • Timely delivery of infusion medications and supplies with resident specific written instructions to ensure accurate administration and maintenance
  • Customizable eMAR available

Consultant Pharmacist/Clinical services
** Provided by a certified geriatric pharmacist **

  1. Comprehensive monthly consultant pharmacist FULL CHART reviews including:
    • F329 “Unnecessary Medications” compliance review
    • Diagnoses
    • Laboratory monitoring
    • Psychotropic and gradual dose reduction monitoring
    • Survey preparedness
  2. Off-site medication reviews as requested for
    • Cost/Savings
    • Fall reviews
    • Weight loss reviews
    • Medication appropriateness for tube administration
    • Medication administration in relation to dialysis
    • Medication pass time optimization reviews
    • Short stay/acute change reviews
  3. Monthly medication cart audits with report
  4. Quarterly controlled substance audits with reports
  5. Quality assurance meeting attendance with reports
  6. Controlled substance destruction policy compliance with DEA and other regulations
  7. Other contracted clinical services:
    • Antimicrobial dosing service
      • Aminoglycoside/Vancomycin dosing
      • Antimicrobials adjusted for renal function
    • Warfarin management service
    • Vaccination service
  8. Educational materials provided
    • Nursing drug references for each nurses station
    • Pharmacist available for drug information upon request
    • MAR reference materials
  9. Extensive in-service library: (sample titles listed below)
    • Facility Start-up or Review of Pharmacy Policy and Procedures
    • Medication Administration, Proper Techniques
    • Laboratory Monitoring of Medications
    • Diabetes in the Elderly, with Insulin Review
    • Fall Prevention
    • Influenza
    • Anemia in the Long Term Care Setting
    • Medication Errors, Avoidance of
    • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome/Serotonin Syndrome
    • Pain Management in the Elderly
    • Warfarin Use and Management in LTC
    • Clostridium Difficile in Long Term Care
    • Drug Interactions in Long Term Care
    • Mites in Long Term Care (Lice and Scabies)
    • Nursing Home Aquired Pneumonia
    • Polypharmacy in Long Term Care
    • Management of the Dialysis Patient in Long Term Care
    • Urinary Incontinence
    • The Aging Process
    • Management of Drug Resistant Organisms in Long Term Care (MRSA, VRE)
    • Nutritional Needs of the Elderly
    • Controlled Substance Use in Long Term Care
    • Dehydration in the Elderly
    • Psychotropic Monitoring Overview with Emphasis on Antipsychotics
    • IV administration
    • Other Topics as requested

Billing and Cost Containment

  • Dual billing or crossover billing
  • DME accreditation
  • Competitive pricing
  • High price item screening
  • Medicare D plan enrollment consult
  • Therapeutic interchange

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