Schedule time to learn more about how Grane Rx’s PACE Medication Solutions could support your PACE program here. Running a successful Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) demands a lot of diligence, dedication, and strategic planning. It involves providing high-quality care, enhancing the participants’ well-being, while managing the Read more…
Ready to save money? New PACE pharmacy services may not get your attention, but the ways they can lower your costs will. From the way meds are filled and delivered to technology and data solutions, new PACE pharmacy services can impact your bottom line. Meds2Home Streamlines Your PACE Pharmacy Needs Read more…
In PACE pharmacy, medications are typically dispensed to participants in monthly increments that are either picked up at the PACE center or delivered to the home. But what happens when a participant’s medication regimen needs to change in the middle of a cycle? Because PACE participants usually take multiple medications Read more…
In less than a year, Pennsylvania will join the ranks of states offering managed care for long term services through their state Medicaid program. As we prepare for the roll-out, the question emerges: How will Community HealthChoices, Pennsylvania’s MLTSS program, impact long term care pharmacy services? Over the past decade, Read more…
By Jennifer Devinney, RPh, PharmD Polypharmacy is an often silent, but very serious, problem in PACE pharmacy today. It is defined as the administration of more medication than is clinically indicated, which represents unnecessary medication use. Thorough PACE medication management is key to limiting polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is especially prevalent in Read more…
When compared with long term care pharmacy, PACE pharmacy presents its own unique set of challenges. Because participants are in the home environment rather than in a long term care setting with clinicians on hand, questions, concerns and needs may arise at any hour of the day. That’s why around-the-clock Read more…
In the last few years, pharmacy benefit managers, often referenced as PBMs, have taken on an increasingly prominent role in PACE pharmacy. To fully understand the role of PBMs in PACE pharmacy, first consider the role of pharmacy benefit managers more broadly. The American Pharmacists Association defines a pharmacy benefit Read more…
Seniors typically deal with a multitude of comorbid medical conditions, requiring a significant number of medications. In fact, according to the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), while the elderly population makes up less than 15 percent of the total United States population, they consume 40 percent of all prescription Read more…
In recent years, the older population and their caregivers have increasingly turned to long term care programs that allow them to age within their own communities, such as PACE centers. When evaluating options, potential participants consider a number of categories, including pharmacy services. So what are participants and their Read more…
For decades, when people aged and developed chronic medical conditions, they were moved from their homes into a nursing home setting. The advent of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in 1971 marked a change in that process, allowing many people to age in the comfort of Read more…