Assisted Living Facility
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SERVICE GOALS
- To improve your resident’s well-being and health outcomes by providing precision medicine, education, and Telehealth services
- To reduce medication costs to the facility or resident by recommending cost-effective therapies and providing third party payor assistance
- To ensure compliance with local, State, and Federal rules and regulations that govern your facilities
- To support and train your staff on the effective and efficient management of medications in your facilities
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MEDICATION REGIMEN REVIEW (MRR)
- Recommendation of therapeutic substitutions resulting in reduced medication cost to the facility or resident while providing appropriate therapy
- A collaboration of clinical initiatives with physician and nurses to enhance resident care
- Detection and flagging of the use of unnecessary, high risk, or Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs) that should be avoided
- Management of psychotropic medications and their gradual dose reductions
- Source of pharmaceutical information for physicians, nurses, pharmacy, family members, and residents
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MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES (MMS)
- Development, implementation, and periodic review of policies and procedures
- Inspection of stored medications and medication storage areas
- Controlled substance inventory check or reconciliation
- Witnessing of unused medication disposal or destruction
- eMAR implementation
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COMMITTEE MEMBER SERVICES
- Medication costs and evaluations for appropriate use
- Analyses of reported medication errors
- Provision of trending or quality assurance reports
- Support with audit issues
- Policies and procedures development or revisions
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TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
- Periodic training and monitoring of staff performance
- Training related to medication handling, storage, and administration
- Medication pass training and observations
- Monitoring of medication errors and implementation of risk reduction measures
- Implementation of residential health enrichment and wellness programs
- Educational presentations and in-services on a wide range of pharmacy topic
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PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE ASSISTANCE AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE SERVICES
- Extensive knowledge on Patient Advocate Foundation, HealthWell Foundation, and Good Days, organizations that offer financial assistance to eligible patients
- Support with applications or enrollments
- Support with obtaining medications that require step therapy or prior authorizations