Retraining transplant pharmacy staff to reduce Medicare Part B prescription billing errors post-transplant.

Background: Medicare Part B (MedB) imposes penalties for certain errors in prescription billing of post-transplant medications, which can greatly affect pharmacy revenue. To prevent MedB billing fines, pharmacy staff must be cognizant of specific MedB requirements.

Objective: This quality improvement project aimed to retrain certified pharmacy technicians (CPhTs) on common billing errors and evaluate changes in error rates and potential fines after retraining.

Denosumab treatment lapses, discontinuation, and off-treatment fracture risk: A retrospective study of patients with osteoporosis in a real-world clinical setting.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine predictors of fracture risk when adult patients experienced a denosumab treatment lapse or discontinuation in a real-world clinic setting.

Materials And Methods: Eligible patients were adults who had received ≥2 doses of denosumab at an academic health center in the United States. Demographics, treatment doses, reasons for missed doses, and fractures, were collected retrospectively from electronic health records, from an 8-year period (2010-2018).