Senior-Elderly-Care - Pill Pals® - The Express Pharmacy

+1.855.816.PALS (7257) [email protected]

Generic Drugs Use Grows With Looming Budget Threats To Medical Benefits

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care, News

As threats of cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits loom large, more patients, both seniors and young persons, may purchase and rely on generic drugs rather than brand-name drugs for their treatment needs, agency leaders of the Food and Drug...

Part D Beneficiaries Can Opt For Determinations, Appeals, and Complaints

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care

Medicare Part D recipients can contest their drug plans’ refusal to admit or cover a drug they believe they need through its formulary by requesting prescription drug coverage determinations or by filing appeals and complaints. Whether they’ve joined Original...

With Cuts, Seniors May Turn To Baxter, CVS, Sam’s Club etc For Choices

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care

With $1.7 trillion in budget cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in the horizon, Medicare Part D beneficiaries will expect more than ever to seek out and find discounts on medicines at different stores or pharmacies, obtain samples, buy bulk, use mail order...

Caregiving, Home Health Technology Targets Accounting, Billing, Biometrics, ER, Falls, Family Ties, and Medical Records

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care

Over the past decade, information and wireless technology companies, senior long-term care entities and colleges and universities developed and offer a line of products aimed at supporting professional home health care services and family caregiving. Information...

Technology, Laws On Leave, and Hotlines All Impact Caregiving

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care

Commercial efforts to urge seniors and their families to use medical and social technology and federal and state legislation and policy to influence paid leave, tax credits and 1-800 number help hotlines numbers are among the trends facing caregiving, experts say....

Senior Diabetics Urged To Alert Doctor, Specialists To Foot Problems

by Vladimire Herard, M.Sc. | Aug 15, 2021 | Senior-Elderly-Care

Seniors stricken with diabetes must notify their primary care physicians and their assigned medical specialists about their foot problems, federal agency researchers and medical trade associations say. The National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes...