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2021 Annual Meeting & ExhibitionNovember 4-7, 2021 | San Diego, California

Rising to Lead – How National Senior Care Pharmacy Leaders See the Future

Friday November 5th time: 9:45-10:45ET

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MEET THE MODERATOR

Mr. Fearon has broad pharmacy experience beginning his career in hospital and transition to a retail and institutional practice and in LTC for the last 35years. He held national leadership positions in best practice forover15 years interacting with Boards of Pharmacy and automation companies. His collection of experience with best practices, software and automation helped to forged adoption of technology, regulatory change, and pharmacy to adopt and modify dispensing practices. Mr. Fearon is a graduate of The Ohio State College of Pharmacy and obtain and MBA from Baldwin Wallace University. He is the current President of ASCP.

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Beth Husted, PharmD, RPh, BCMTMSDirector of Retail Services,

Absolute Pharmacy

Diane KoontzPresident, MHA

Mindy Farris, RPhEVP of Operations & Customer

Success,PharmScript

MEET THE SPEAKERS

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SPEAKER BIOS

• Diane Koontz serves as president of Managed Health Care Associates, Inc a leading health care services and software company, the largest group purchasing organization (GPO) in the US focused on the needs of the alternate site health care provider. Diane joined MHA in 1997 through the acquisition of MedEcon, As a senior health care executive with over 25 years of experience in the GPO and health care services industry she has demonstrated strong leadership skills with the ability to consistently execute strategic initiatives. In 2009 Diane was promoted to Sr. Vice President and to Executive VicePresident in 2016.

• Beth Husted received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and primarily practiced pharmacy in the retail sector, with a recent shift to Long Term Care. Through the implementation of various patient care programs, she has been involved with providing transitions of care services for over five years. Her work focuses on reducing readmissions at the facility level through a patient-centered approach, positively impacting the patient perception of their long-term care experience as well as the self-management and adherence to their complex medication regimens. Also, Beth lead the COVID vaccine initiative for Absolute Pharmacy from end to end.

• Mindy Ferris joined PharmScript in 2017 as Executive Vice President of Pharmacy Operations. Prior to joining PharmScript, Mindy was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Partners Pharmacy and was responsible for all day-to-day operations throughout the company. Mindy started her career with Omnicare, Inc. serving in various roles of progressive responsibility and culminated her 19-year tenure with Omnicare as Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Operations. Mindy holds a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Ohio Northern University and is a registered pharmacist in multiple states including Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia.

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Disclosures

The speakers have nothing to disclose.

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Learning Objectives

• Identify new opportunities for long term care pharmacies and consultant pharmacists.• Describe the national trends and investments into health care in the

older adult space and what they means for pharmacists and pharmacies.• Describe programs, products and tactics that pharmacists,

pharmacies and other businesses in long term care should be working towards.• Explain the next steps the pharmacy profession needs to take across

the industry to lead the ongoing health care reform as the population ages.

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• There were/are so many unknowns and challenges:Ø State IIS systems, Single dose syringesØ Multi-state jurisdiction, Hospital supportØ Now Booster (3rd dose) vaccines

Questions:1. Comments on the path to becoming Phase 1a

providers?2. Moving Forward in LTC settings… Boosters?

Looking Back to move forward

History of how we got to this point

Implementation and Realities

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• Pharmacists have been vaccinating for well over a decade. COVID was more complex with issues like:• Staffing, Vaccine stability, Clinic Preparation, Team

Involvement, Reporting, Logistics…

Questions: 1. What prepared you to take on COVID-19

vaccine distribution? 2. What were some of the unanticipated or most

difficult challenges?3. What has been learned for future pandemics?

What were some of your biggest learnings throughout your initial clinics?

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• 48 States Saw Nursing Home Occupancy of 80% or Worse as 2021 Dawned — With Census as Low as 56% *Reported by Skilled Nursing Maggie Flynn | January 25, 2021

Questions:1. Has census improved or recovered?2. Comments on vaccine mandates for all health

care workers?

How have COVID-19 vaccinations impacted your facilities?

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• 59% of nursing homes and 30% of assisted living facilities, reported their staffing shortages have become “severe” according to survey results.• Since June 86% of nursing homes and 77% of

assisted living providers report their workforce situation has gotten worse since June.

Questions:1. How has the labor shortage impacted your facilities

and your pharmacy business?2. Do you see impact on facilities or long term industry

changes?

The Labor Crisis!

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Did Occupancy in SNFs decrease during the COVID Pandemic?

A) No, it stay the same because of vaccination.B) No, it increased with hospitals not accepting pts.C) Yes, it dropped by 75%.D) Yes, it dropped 75 to 80% with some below.

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• How did your pharmacy transition to the COVID-19 vaccine maintenance phase? (Multiple vaccine offerings)• Developing a more sustainable model for distribution.

Question:1. Do you see a viable business model for

vaccinations in LTC? Or is this more pandemic driven?

2. Would Provider Status be important?

How do we create a more sustainable model?

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Questions:1. What is the future of the LTC Rx customers?

2. Does the current business model support alternate care?

3. Bull or Bear Market?

Health of the Industry

• Nursing home occupancy is down 20-25 %.• The labor crisis appears to be long term.• Billions of federal dollars have subsidized Health Care

Facilities.• Acuity has significantly risen in ALF and Home Care.

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F880 – Main IC tag

F881 – Antibiotic Stewardship

F882 – Infection Preventionist

*F883 – Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines

Infection Control -§483.80

How will CMS regulations impact LTC?

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SNF’s have been able to avoid the staffing crisis due to Government subsidy money.

A) TrueB) False

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Source: National Center for Health Statistics

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There will be a surplus of skilled nursing home beds by 2030?

A) TrueB) False

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