Current trends in outpatient pharmacy services and billing
| Autor: | Jennifer L. Rodis, Kelly M. McCormick, Stuart J. Beatty, Marialice S. Bennett, David J. Beale, Athena M. Bruggeman, Bella H. Mehta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pharmacology (nursing) Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Services Pharmacists Reimbursement Mechanisms Ambulatory care health services administration Medication therapy management Ambulatory Care medicine Humans health care economics and organizations Reimbursement Outpatient pharmacy Pharmacology Chronic care business.industry Health Care Costs United States Clinical pharmacy Cross-Sectional Studies Pharmaceutical Services Family medicine Pharmacy practice business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 52:154-160 |
| ISSN: | 1544-3191 |
| DOI: | 10.1331/japha.2012.11213 |
| Popis: | Objectives To provide a summary of community and ambulatory pharmacy practices and billing patterns for medication therapy management (MTM) services and to identify reasons pharmacists report not billing for direct patient care services. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting United States, February 2011. Participants Members of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Ambulatory and Chronic Care Practitioners, and American Pharmacists Association MTM e-community. Intervention Online survey. Main outcome measures Practice setting, pharmacy services performed, billing technique, and payer, as well as reasons for not billing. Results MTM services were provided by 287 pharmacists. The most common practice settings included physician office (23.6%), health-system outpatient facility (21.7%), and community pharmacy (20.2%). A total of 149 of 276 pharmacists (54.0%) reported billing for MTM services; 16 of 276 (5.8%) did not know if they were currently billing. Community pharmacists were more likely to bill than all other sites combined (80.5% vs. 53.1%, P 75% of visits face-to-face were more likely to bill (66.2% vs. 46.6%, P Conclusion A variety of MTM services are provided in outpatient settings with inconsistent billing techniques and reimbursement. Pharmacists should continue to work toward consistent, sustainable reimbursement to expand MTM services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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