On August 22, 2014, the DEA issued a final rule (79 FR 49661) in which they rescheduled hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) from schedule III to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act as of October 6, 2014.
Project description, implementation overview, schedule and program documents for the 2014 Mercer University Student Symposium hosted by Mercer University.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an updated guidance and standard prior authorization (PA) form for medication coverage for hospice beneficiaries. It supersedes a guidance released on March 10, 2014 (but implemented on May 1, 2014).
The foundation for the pharmacist’s patient care process is embedded within the pharmaceutical care model developed by Hepler and Strand in the 1990s. However, there is variability in how this process is taught and practiced. To promote consistency across the profession, national pharmacy associations used a consensus-based approach to articulate the patient care process for pharmacists to use as a framework for delivering patient care in any practice setting.