The Desert of Care: How Pharmacists Can Help Medically Underserved Communities
Friday, 13 May 2022
When: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 1:00 PM Eastern Pharmacies in rural areas are different from those in metropolitan areas. Simply put, the people in rural communities just don’t have the care options that people in bigger cities do. For many, the local pharmacy is their only choice. Join Jason Ausili, Pharm.D., and special guest
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4 Steps to Enable Clinical Services in Your Pharmacy
Friday, 25 March 2022
Pharmacists are the most accessible health care professional. Nearly 90% of Americans live within 5 miles of a community pharmacy. That’s closer than the doctor’s office, and likely closer than the nearest hospital for most people. Also, patients generally don’t need to make an appointment to see their pharmacist, and wait times are far shorter
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Bottom of the 9th: Community Pharmacy’s Emerging Role in COVID-19 Treatment
Monday, 20 September 2021
Uploaded: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 @ 1:00 PM ET It doesn’t get more “frontline” than this. With the Ninth Amendment to the PREP Act, pharmacists and their staff can now provide COVID-19 treatment to patients in their communities. It’s the latest effort to fight the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. But what does
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Medical Billing Versus Pharmacy Billing: What’s the Difference?
Thursday, 08 April 2021
Reimbursements are falling. DIR fees are on the rise. To survive, more and more pharmacists are beginning to provide clinical care services for their patients. But for pharmacists new to this side of the business, getting paid for those services can prove to be a challenge. There are a lot of differences between pharmacy billing
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Why Pharmacies Should Use the Appointment Based Model
Thursday, 14 January 2021
What is the Appointment-Based Model, or ABM? According to a recent Pharmacy Times article, it’s a care model that allows pharmacists to deliver “high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care to meet the demands of a changing health care landscape and ensure the sustainability of community pharmacy practice.” Sign us up. Delving further, it’s exactly what it sounds
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Why Your Pharmacy Should Expand into Patient Care Services
Thursday, 27 August 2020
Today’s patients need more healthcare options. Doctors’ offices are overbooked, and patients can wait months for a simple check-up. And the pandemic is only making matters worse. On the pharmacy side of things, prescription reimbursement rates are falling, and increasing DIR fees are taking bigger chunks of that revenue every day. To survive, pharmacies have
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Why Pharmacies are Shifting Focus to Clinical Care Services
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Community pharmacies are evolving. In his webinar “Care Planning: The Key to Thriving and Surviving,” Mark McCurdy, RPh, said “Don’t try to fit clinical care into your dispensing schedule. Fit dispensing into your clinical care schedule.” Why would he put so much emphasis on clinical care? Because that’s the future of pharmacy. Diversifying to Survive
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Adding a Personal Touch to Prescription Delivery Service
Saturday, 11 January 2020
Prescription delivery programs are gaining traction in the pharmacy industry. While independent pharmacists have been offering home deliveries for years, other players are getting into the game. CVS and Walgreens have recently started offering home delivery for their medications. Both companies charge for the service and typically offer delivery within 1-2 days of ordering, showing
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Medical Billing Solution Must Haves for Every Pharmacist
Friday, 06 December 2019
Clinical care in pharmacies is hardly a new thing. Pharmacists have been providing care beyond filling prescriptions for as long as the profession has existed. But getting compensated for that care? That’s a recent development. And in order to get paid for providing that care, pharmacies must utilize some kind of medical billing solution.
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