Assessing pharmacist-led annual wellness visits: Interventions made and patient and physician satisfaction

Pharmacists and Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit: implications for pharmacy education and interprofessional primary care

“…Pharmacist-led AWVs are well-received by other providers. Physicians in a family medicine practice strongly agreed that their patients benefited from a pharmacist-led AWV and strongly disagreed that they would prefer conducting the visit themselves 22. Patients who received pharmacist-led AWV have reported high rates of satisfaction, noting that they were just as comfortable with that visit as they would have been with their physician, and strongly agreed that they would like to see the same pharmacist provider next year 19,23.…”

Diabetes-Related Patient Outcomes through Comprehensive Medication Management Delivered by Clinical Pharmacists in a Rural Family Medicine Clinic

“…Other providers, such as attending physicians, medical residents, nurse practitioners, and nurses, have frequently expressed that having a clinical pharmacist as part of the interdisciplinary team is invaluable. Although this clinic has not administered a formal provider satisfaction survey regarding pharmacist-led CMM, other studies in the literature have demonstrated that pharmacists in primary care are well-received by other providers [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. One study that surveyed 114 primary care providers reported that PCPs believed that the addition of a clinical pharmacist has a highly positive impact on patient care and would highly recommend that other primary care practices integrate a clinical pharmacist.…”

Medicare Annual Wellness Visits: A Scoping Review of Current Practice Models and Opportunities for Pharmacists

“…The benefits of pharmacists performing AWVs have been shown in several studies. [27][28][29] For example, the identification of inappropriate medications was doubled compared to nonpharmacist providers, 27 which not only improved care for older adult patients but also opened up additional reimbursement opportunities through Medicare Part B for more complex AWVs requiring extensive medication reconciliation/management using the 25-modifier Current Procedural Terminology code. 27 In general, patients and physicians were satisfied with pharmacist care, 28 and incorporating pharmacist-delivered AWVs into the workflow was found to free up physician and nurse practitioner time for other clinical tasks, improve appropriate medication management for patients, and increase revenue for clinics.…”

“…[27][28][29] For example, the identification of inappropriate medications was doubled compared to nonpharmacist providers, 27 which not only improved care for older adult patients but also opened up additional reimbursement opportunities through Medicare Part B for more complex AWVs requiring extensive medication reconciliation/management using the 25-modifier Current Procedural Terminology code. 27 In general, patients and physicians were satisfied with pharmacist care, 28 and incorporating pharmacist-delivered AWVs into the workflow was found to free up physician and nurse practitioner time for other clinical tasks, improve appropriate medication management for patients, and increase revenue for clinics. 29 Importantly, incorporation of pharmacists as AWV service providers led to the implementation of additional profit-generating services such as medication therapy management (MTM) 28,29 or chronic care management (CCM) services, 26 representing an additional opportunity to expand patient care and advance the clinical pharmacy field.…”