Pharmacies and Long-Term Care Facilities: Avoiding Kickbacks and Other Problem Arrangements

Arrangements Between Pharmacies and Long-Term Care Facilities:  Landmines to Avoid – Let’s look at a comparison. Medicare “grew up with” 23 million of the Greatest Generation (World War II generation). We now have 78 million Baby Boomers who are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. With such a large aging population, utilization of long term care facilities will increase dramatically. This program will discuss how a pharmacy can properly enter into arrangements with skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and custodial care facilities. Questions to be addressed include:  What types of “value-added” services can the pharmacy provide to the facility without violating the Medicare anti-kickback statute? What are the key provisions to be included in a Facility Services Agreement between the pharmacy and the facility?

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