Survey of Medication Therapy Management Programs Under Medicare Part D

Touchette, Daniel R.; Burns, Anne; Bough, Marcie; Blackburn, Juan C.

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“…Pharmacist-led medication therapy management (MTM) sessions have proven to be valuable, showing improvements in clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Prior to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, most pharmacies were not engaged in providing clinical patient care services. [8][9][10] The MMA required MTM programs to be a part of the Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, which in turn led to a professionwide consensus statement to define MTM as a distinct service or group of services, provided by a pharmacist or other qualified health care provider, that optimizes therapeutic outcomes for individual patients.…”

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“…[8][9][10] The MMA required MTM programs to be a part of the Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, which in turn led to a professionwide consensus statement to define MTM as a distinct service or group of services, provided by a pharmacist or other qualified health care provider, that optimizes therapeutic outcomes for individual patients. 8,[11][12][13] Since 2006, when the MMA was implemented, many pharmacists have embraced the opportunity to become involved in MTM 14 ; however, barriers exist for them to participate, including lack of understanding of the components of MTM services, and lack of availability and accessibility of MTM educational resources. 15 With the increased opportunities for MTM, pharmacists and pharmacy students will require MTM-specific education.…”

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Elective Course on Medication Therapy Management Services

Kuhn¹,

Powell

Sterrett³

2010

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objectives. To determine the impact of active-learning strategies in a medication therapy management (MTM) elective on pharmacy students' preparedness to participate in real-life MTM counseling sessions. Design. The elective included active-learning assignments such as patient cases, group discussions, role playing, and use of actual patients to prepare students for MTM services. Assessment. A survey was administered before (week 11) and after (week 15) completing a face-toface comprehensive medication review (CMR) to evaluate achievement of course objectives and students' preparedness to participate in MTM. In the pre-CMR survey, 66.7% of the students strongly agreed that the course prepared them to provide MTM services. In the post-CMR survey, 88.9% of the students strongly agreed (p 5 0.046). Conclusion. The active-learning strategies used in the MTM elective course provided students with the skills necessary to participate in MTM counseling sessions. Face-to-face CMRs better prepared pharmacy students to provide MTM services.

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Elective Course on Medication Therapy Management Services

Kuhn¹,

Powell

Sterrett³

2010

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…3 Many PDPs are relying primarily on in-house staff members or mailed educational pamphlets to provide MTMS, but there are some opportunities for community pharmacists to participate in MTM programs. 4 If pharmacists are proactive, these opportunities may increase over time.…”

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Pharmacy Students' Knowledge of the Medicare Drug Benefit and Intention to Provide Medicare Medication Therapy Management Services

2007

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Objectives. To examine PharmD students' knowledge about Medicare Part D and their attitudes toward and intention to provide Medicare medication therapy management services (MTMS). Methods. Fourth-professional year students were given a self-administered survey instrument that assessed: (1) knowledge about Medicare Part D; (2) attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and intention to provide Medicare MTMS; and (3) demographic and experience information. Results. Ninety-five students responded for a response rate of 94%. Students showed good basic knowledge about Medicare Part D, with a mean score of 94%. Almost 60% of students agreed that they intended to provide Medicare MTMS, but agreement dropped to 37% when they were asked if they were willing to take initiative to provide MTMS. Conclusions. The lack of willingness to take initiative to provide Medicare MTMS suggests that colleges and schools of pharmacy must strengthen efforts to encourage students to take on the role of service provider.

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“…3 A 2006 survey of 21 distinct MTM programs from 70 health insurance plans representing 50 PDP and 221 Medicare Advantage plans and covering 12.1 million beneficiaries found that only 4 MTM programs had service contracts with community pharmacies. 4 …”

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Unprecedented Opportunities for Managed Care Organizations and Community Pharmacies to Work Together

Shepherd¹

2007

JMCP

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Survey of Medication Therapy Management Programs Under Medicare Part D

Cited by 47 publications

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Elective Course on Medication Therapy Management Services

Elective Course on Medication Therapy Management Services

Pharmacy Students' Knowledge of the Medicare Drug Benefit and Intention to Provide Medicare Medication Therapy Management Services

Unprecedented Opportunities for Managed Care Organizations and Community Pharmacies to Work Together

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