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May 2025

Powering Up Pharmacy: Leading the Charge in Medical-at-Home

Pharmacies are dispensing more than meds; they’re teaming up with Long-Term Care (LTC) leaders and retailers to deliver big results.

Your combo-pharmacy journey begins with GeriMed!

As an independent pharmacy owner, you’re likely navigating this complex healthcare landscape just like the rest of us; and barely making it.

Let GeriMed be an extension of your team, allowing you to dedicate more of your time and resources to what matters most: Patient care. The long-term care at-home market presents both unique challenges and significant opportunities. Offering specialized services has not only become a necessity in our profession to stay open, but an ask from our patients whose lives have evolved to need these services. The elderly are choosing to live at home longer, asking for more assistance and expecting it in return. It can feel like a lot to manage, but meeting these needs elevates your presence in your community.

That’s where GeriMed can become a vital partner for your pharmacy. ComboMed is an innovative solution from GeriMed for community pharmacies that serve patients in both retail and Long-Term Care (LTC) settings. Do you unknowingly already run a Combo Pharmacy? ComboMed allows pharmacies to gain access to enhanced reimbursement, cost of goods, and other advantages traditionally associated with a Closed-Door LTC Pharmacy designation. Are you utilizing your LTC account to make the smartest purchasing decisions? Are you using it at all? Take 10 minutes to give it a peek and see the difference this week.

Listen below as we speak with Valerie Taylor from GeriMed on how to best set your pharmacy up for success.

Wrap Your Wellness in Style with VIM & VIGR

IPC stores benefit from FREE SAMPLES and 15% off first order!

10 Unexpected Compression Socks Benefits Backed by Science
Written By Alecsa Stewart
Scientifically Reviewed by Daniel Chantigian

Compression socks have many helpful uses: boost peripheral circulation, drain lymph, massage the muscles, and support your joints. Thanks to the therapeutic pressure that compression socks apply to the lower legs, they improve blood flow and can offer the muscles a welcome relief after effort or simply a long day spent on your feet.

But there is more to compression socks than just improving circulation. They can support the muscles and joints when you are returning from injury, diminish the impact of hard landings on joints during exercise, help relieve certain chronic illness symptoms, and more. We have done thorough research for you and put together our top 10 unexpected benefits of compression socks below.

What are the Benefits of Compression Socks?

From boosting blood flow to helping bring down inflammation, reducing fluid retention, and other positive impacts on wellbeing, compression socks and stockings deliver many benefits. Here are our top 10 benefits of wearing compression socks for you to consider… Read the full blog here

Vim&Vigr Compression Legwear
5 different people wearing vim and vigr compression legwear

Amundsen Davis is a Valuable Resource for Your Business Viability!

Making the decision to trust a firm and its attorneys to handle important legal and business matters is one that we know clients do not take lightly. That’s why IPC has chosen to cover the FULL RETAINER for our member stores to reach out without hesitation on their every need.

  1. I have a problem with an employee that has been having attendance issues, sometimes calling off because they are sick and sometimes just because… Can I fire them?
  2. I have an employee that fell in the store and is going to be off work. I know that the injury is covered under workers compensation, but what is my obligation under ADA and FMLA?
  3. I have an employee that is accusing another employee of harassment, what steps should I take to investigate, to protect the parties and the pharmacy?
  4. Does federal law require I offer paid holidays?
  5. How do I compensate a person if they are working multiple jobs for the pharmacy at different rates?

Have any of the above questions plagued your day but you weren’t sure who to ask or how to even start? If so, check out our Monthly Vendor Video below to see what Amundsen Davis has to say!

With Amundsen Davis you get attorneys who care about empowering you with the tools you need before problems develop. Get started with them today!

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