Deprescribing is not a new thing for pharmacy, according to Manju T. Beier, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, during a session at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) 2022 Annual Meeting...

Pōhai Mālama Care Center, a 12-bed inpatient hospice facility in Hilo, will take a tactical pause on all inpatient hospice care operations beginning on Nov. 18, 2022, according to a press release by the facilityʻs owner and operator, Hawai’i Care Choices...

The Texas DPS Public Safety Commission took action Thursday to expand its Compassionate Use Program so that it can accommodate a growing number of Texas patients who want to access medical marijuana...

Regulators have been keeping an increasingly close watch on hospice providers, and this may intensify in 2023...

Woonsocket, RI-based CVS Health plans to sell its long-term care pharmacy business, Cincinnati-based Omnicare, reporting a $2.5 billion loss related to it in the third quarter, the company announced Wednesday...

Most Ohio doctors who can recommend medical marijuana say they were satisfied with the drug’s effectiveness in treating patients with pain, cancer, fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a new State Medical Board of Ohio survey...

Responding to a backlash from pain patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines Thursday that offer clinicians more flexibility in the way they prescribe opioids for short- and long-term pain...

While the top-level view of the growth in the hospice industry at 20-plus percent is impressive, it’s worth looking at a few prominent examples to gain further insight into this accelerating trend...

Hospice providers are calling on regulators to change their approaches to enforcement due to the cost burden and the unpredictable nature of the dying process...