by GV Team | Jul 8, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Wesley Sparkmon, MPH, CPhT, Pharmacy Times “Verifying prescription accuracy may be the most important step in the prescription filling process. Validating a legitimate prescription is the critical step in ensuring the appropriate supply and...
by GV Team | Feb 19, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Jill Murphy, Pharmacy Times “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule and the Advance Notice Part II to further advance the agency’s efforts to strengthen and modernize the Medicare Advantage and Part D...
by GV Team | Jan 15, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Rachel Nania, AARP “From the time she was 15, Anne Halli-Tierney knew she wanted to be a geriatrician — and it’s all thanks to her grandfather, who she said “became a human being” after seeing one. At one point, Halli-Tierney says her...
by GV Team | Oct 2, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Pharmacy Times.com “Amy Greeson, RPh, had her first experience in a pharmacy when she was young, at her father’s pharmacy in Thomasville, North Carolina. On the occasional days when her mother dropped the children off at the pharmacy, Greeson said it...
by GV Team | Sep 8, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Dena Bunis, AARP “The average monthly premium for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will decrease from $31.83 this year to $30 in 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced late Tuesday. This is the third straight year...
by GV Team | Aug 21, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources
Article by Pharmacy Times.com “Pharmacy involvement in pharmacogenetics was not widely accepted when testing was first introduced. Some of the resistance may be attributed to the public perception of pharmacists in services beyond dispensing and the pharmacists’...
