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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