The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an updated guidance and standard prior authorization (PA) form for medication coverage for hospice beneficiaries. It supersedes a guidance released on March 10, 2014 (but implemented on May 1, 2014).
The foundation for the pharmacist’s patient care process is embedded within the pharmaceutical care model developed by Hepler and Strand in the 1990s. However, there is variability in how this process is taught and practiced. To promote consistency across the profession, national pharmacy associations used a consensus-based approach to articulate the patient care process for pharmacists to use as a framework for delivering patient care in any practice setting.
Report developed by the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners that describes the pharmacist's role in delivering patient-centered care in collaboration with the health care team.
AMCP webinar that addresses the science behind data consortiums, and also looks at why AMCP is engaging data consortiums, managed care specialty drug experts, researchers and industry to help launch the AMCP Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium before the first biosimilars hit the market.
This downloadable and shareable presentation describes key components of a medication therapy management (MTM) Part D program, the value of MTM programs within health care and the role of the pharmacist.
