LTC Scripts understands that there are some “high acuity” patients that are receiving critical treatment based upon their healthcare needs. Our clinical team will provide chart reviews, provider consultation and treatment recommendations. Some of these patients require specialty drugs or IV therapy. Operationally, once approved through the proper nonformulary procedure, we are equipped to provide these drugs without delay. Additionally, LTC Scripts will ensure that your Medical Director is apprised of the medication costs associated with the provision of treatment.

A current trend in corrections nationwide is the increasing number of offenders who are elderly. There are specific healthcare issues (e.g. exacerbations of chronic conditions, dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc) associated with this population that must receive special consideration. Our clinical pharmacists have provided medication use evaluations through P&T meetings for correctional facilities and consultant chart reviews for geriatric/long term care facilities. We are experts in providing geriatric pharmacy services to the aging population, as we have pharmacists that have provided direct oversight for skilled nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes for developmentally disabled adults for over 25 years. This combination of talent will provide you with the level of excellence necessary to meet the aging inmate population.

One of the cornerstones of effective healthcare services is to identify those patients with chronic conditions and to implement an effective treatment plan. The next step is to ensure continuity of care – this is one of the challenges in corrections. First and foremost, LTC Scripts will ensure continuity of care by making sure the medications are dispensed accurately and delivered in a timely manner (same day delivery inside the facility). Additionally, LTC Scripts will provide consultation regarding the latest prescribing trends and treatment guidelines, efficacy, pharmacoeconomics, new medications, those about to go generic and special considerations for corrections (e.g., abuse potential, frequency of administration, KOP versus Watch-Take). The value of the clinical pharmacist on a multidisciplinary healthcare team is becoming quite prevalent in the community and LTC Scripts is leading the way by introducing this model to Corrections.

LTC Scripts has many years of experience with the management of HIV+/AIDS and will dispense authorized (antiretroviral) medication orders. Our clinical expertise will ensure that the providers are informed of the latest clinical findings, that the patients are receiving quality treatment and that these services are provided in the most cost effective manner for you and the citizens of your State. Through effective disease state management there are improved outcomes at reduced costs.

LTC Scripts will follow your suicide prevention procedures for all health care staff as applicable to our services and employees assigned to your agreement. Also, LTC Scripts will work cooperatively with the successful mental health vendor to ensure that all of our required employees are provided suicide prevention training.

LTC Scripts will support you and our co-vendors in the treatment of special needs populations. Our clinical team will be available for consultation regarding these cases. In the past the LTC Scripts clinical pharmacist has served on special task forces that have addressed self- injurious behavior and co-occurring diseases.

The mentally ill offender provides the healthcare teams and correctional staff with a myriad of challenges; some health related and some safety related. LTC Scripts understands the heightened importance of medication compliance and continuity of care. You should rest assured that LTC Scripts will get the medication dispensed accurately and delivered in a timely manner. We will dramatically decrease the time it takes for a patient specific medication to be available onsite from the time the order is transmitted to the pharmacy vendor. We understand the importance of our responsibility in this area. With LTC Scripts, you will never have to face patient decompensation because a medication was not delivered in a timely manner. Further, LTC Scripts has worked with many mental health vendors to provide an additional level of support to make certain that a patient’s order does not expire inadvertently.

We have QA tool to be used by the provider to ensure that an order does not expire unintentionally. For example, perhaps a patient was scheduled to be seen, but for some reason the appointment was missed. If the medication was going to be renewed during this appointment and the patient was not rescheduled per protocol, there is a danger that the order would expire and the patient would go without the desired medication. This report would identify for the provider that the patient’s order is going to expire within the next 30 days (the report provides the specific date) and provides an opportunity to reschedule before there is a lapse in care.

LTC Scripts will support the respective healthcare vendors to ensure the special needs of the disabled offender are satisfied.