05.04.2015
Clinical Alerts
04.15.2015
Evidence-based deprescribing of statins in patients with advance illness
An accompanying article to the Kutner study highlighted the increasing focus placed on diminishing benefits and, in some cases, harms when used in patients with...
04.15.2015
Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy
Statins are examples of medications in which risks outweigh benefits for patients with limited prognosis. Jean Kutner and colleagues recently published in JAMA the results...
03.30.2015
Top-ranked quality indicators for hospice and palliative care
Measuring the quality of care delivery is essential to assessment and improvement of hospice and palliative care programs, however no standard quality indicator set exists...
03.20.2015
IOM National Action Conference on Policies and Payment to Improve End-of-Life Care
ON March 20th, the Institute of Medicine hosted a national meeting of policy and health care leaders and other stakeholders to discuss ways to implement...
02.10.2015
CMS now includes measures of antipsychotic use in the Nursing Home Compare Five Star Quality Rating System
As part of its commitment to reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics, in February, CMS strengthened the Five Star Rating System to include the use...
07.18.2014
Medicare Part D Changes
In July 2014, CMS issued new guidance related to the Medicare Part D payments for Medicare beneficiaries that supersede its prior guidance surrounding required pre-authorization...
03.25.2014
CR 8358 Required Reporting
Enclara Pharmacia was prepared for the April 1, 2014 mandatory reporting date. We are able to provide our customers: A secure environment to access patient claim data...