This playbook is designed to support the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy setting, and will walk you through everything you need to know to prepare to successfully administer the vaccine at your pharmacy.
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MARKET MINUTE: Three Key Considerations as You Prepare for the COVID-19 Vaccine
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout progresses, there are three factors to consider now that will help you be successful later as volumes increase: billing, documentation and reporting. Check out this latest update from David Pope, PharmD, CDE and OmniSYS chief innovation officer that will help you continue to prepare your pharmacy to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
MARKET MINUTE: Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Billing
As you prepare to provide the COVID-19 vaccine at your pharmacy, it’s important to know that the reimbursement pathway looks different compared to the other vaccines you provide today. Check out this short video that outlines these differences and shares what your pharmacy needs to know as you prepare to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Every season is immunization season now. How can you maximize your patient experience?
With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ramping up right as immunization season would normally be ending, the concept of an immunization season is a thing of the past. Delivering a great immunization experience for patients will position your pharmacy a preferred designation for preventative and primary care, even after the pandemic. So how can you make your immunization experience awesome?
2020 Year in Review: Pharmacy is the Answer
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Whether in your personal or professional life, leadership is about leading by example. Leaders lead from the front. They inspire others through their own actions motivating them to follow.
Why you need to start preparing now for the COVID-19 vaccine
In the coming weeks and months, the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to providers across the country. The CDC recently created a playbook that provides guidance on distribution, initial recipients, documentation and data sharing.
Are you at risk of losing customers to a competitor during Medicare annual enrollment?
As the number of Medicare beneficiaries increases, so does the importance of streamlining the process of helping them with plan selection. Imagine getting a list of curated plans that save your patients money and keep them in-network with a single click, instead 13 different clicks (the average for users on Medicare Plan Finder) to get similar information.
What Technology is Needed for Pharmacists to Achieve Provider Status?
Pharmacists need solutions in place that help them understand their patients holistically, they need tools that help them efficiently and accurately document clinical encounters, and finally, they need technology that understands the language and practice of ICD-10 and CPT coding so that they can submit medical claims. Said more plainly, pharmacies will need a billing-enabled electronic health record (EHR).
How Far We’ve Come: Immunizations
Many patients understand the need for an annual flu shot, but they are less clear on the need for other recommended immunizations. Pharmacies needed a reliable way to leverage the power of growing access to patients seeking flu vaccines to start providing other companion vaccines as well.