Attitudes of Medicare beneficiaries toward pharmacist-provided medication therapy management activities as part of the Medicare Part D benefit

Older Adult Perceptions of a Self-reported Medication Risk Questionaire: A Focus Group Study

“…21 While there was uncertainty of pharmacists in this advanced role, participants expressed significant satisfaction and trust with their pharmacist in more traditional roles. Pharmacists hoping to expand services could capitalize on the relationships and trust with their patients and personally offer MTM services to eligible beneficiaries.…”

“…Utilization of CMRs has been relatively low 16,17 and authors suggest this may be due to persons not perceiving added value in these pharmacist consultations, not viewing CMR provision as a role for pharmacists, or simply lacking awareness of this Part D benefit. [18][19][20][21] Pursuing alternative strategies for identifying persons who could benefit from MTM services could help increase participation. 16 One MTM service administrator has attempted to engage beneficiaries in the MTM targeting process through an online medication risk questionnaire.…”

“…However, little about such questionnaires has been explored from the patient's perspective -particularly among older adults eligible for MTM through Medicare Part D. While several published studies have reported older adult perceptions of MTM services such as CMRs since the advent of Medicare Part D, [18][19][20][21]45 research is needed to investigate means to increase patient demand, improve MTM targeting, and increase patient engagement in these processes.…”

Patient-perceived value of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services: a series of focus groups

“…9,10 One study was completed prior to the implementation of Medicare Part D. 9 The purpose was to serve as a baseline for patients who had not participated in MTM services. Study participants completed an internet-based survey evaluating their attitudes toward pharmacist-provided services under the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.…”

PCMHs, ACOs, and Medication Management: Lessons Learned from Early Research Partnerships

“…Previous research has shown that a variety of issues can limit patients' use of medication management services, such as lack of familiarity with the service, limited outcome expectations from the service, patients' relationships with their pharmacists, and the support for medication management stated by the patients' physicians. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Some of these issues can be addressed by providing timely and understandable information to patients likely to receive medication management services. Also, the community pharmacists could be prepared to offer the services to interested patients.…”