(CME139) Polypharmacy Optimization with a Focus on Gabapentinoids: Implementation Across a Nursing Home Chain

Friday, March 27, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Room: Platinum Ballroom 1-2

CE: 1

CME: (1.0) MOC: (1.0) CMD Management: (1.0) AAFP (1.0)

Lead Speaker(s)

Leslie B. Eber, MD

Medical Director and attending physician with Rocky Mountain Senior Care and chief faculty for Abode Care Partners
Rocky Mountain Senior Care and Abode Care Partners
Englewood, Colorado

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Speaker(s)

Sophie E. Clark, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Session Summary: Adobe Care Partners led a deprescribing campaign to target polypharmacy across a large SNF chain with a focus on gabapentinoids. All SNFs participated in monthly education about gabapentinoid prescribing. A short one-page summary of the education was shared with all SNFs monthly. In addition, 16 facilities were selected for an intensive intervention where a multidisciplinary team led by a clinical pharmacist was created with key stakeholders within the facility. Every month, a huddle took place where the team reviewed high risk patients and reviewed data for gabapentin use within the facility. During the intensive facility monthly meetings we reviewed strategies and monthly data on how gabapentin prescriptions changed over time and explored next steps. We will review successes, challenges and sustainability outcomes of this campaign and how it can be implemented for other quality measures..

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Identify strategies that can be utilized at a systems-level to reduce polypharmacy among long-term care residents.
Describe how facility level data can be utilized to motivate positive change within an institution.
List key stakeholders in a nursing home chain and how these stakeholders can be leveraged to make an facility-level initiative a success.