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Drug Therapy Management – Special Medicaid Population
Prescription Drug Consumer Information and Technical Assistance Program
The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) has developed an exciting new program to reimburse pharmacists for their cognitive services in the therapeutic management of Medicaid clients. Through this program, pharmacists will be able to meet with clients and provide a thorough screening for drug-drug interactions, drug-OTC/supplement interactions, drug duplication, and issues related to the client seeing multiple prescribers. The pharmacist will then present any recommendations for changes in therapy to the clients, physicians and any other prescribers. The pharmacist will receive $75 for each completed consultation.
The Department has developed a program participation packet of materials for pharmacists and the links for those appear below:
The Department believes that the pharmacist can help make this a more effective consultation through the face-to-face meeting with the client because the pharmacist will be able to obtain more comprehensive information about the medications that the client takes. The pharmacist may determine the location of this meeting or the Department can help facilitate a location. This is a great opportunity to help Medicaid clients obtain better health outcomes. The Department is looking for pharmacists to assist the Department in providing these kinds of services to Medicaid clients. If you are a pharmacist and interested in participating in this program click this link. If you would like more information about the program please go to http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/HCPF/HCPF/1244207386120
History of Program
HB 07-1021, codified at Section 25.5-5-507, C.R.S. (2007), created the prescription drug information and technical assistance program to provide advice on the prudent use of prescription drugs to Medicaid clients who receive prescription drug benefits. As a part of the implementation, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) has identified over 400 fee-for-service clients who receive prescription drug benefits, are high utilizers of prescription drugs, and are at risk of complications from drug interactions for voluntary participation in the program. Additionally, the Department has contacted pharmacists across the State to determine whether or not they are interested in participating in the program. The effort to identify interested pharmacists is on-going. The Department will be entering into contracts with the pharmacists and will match clients with contracted pharmacists based on physical location. At the same time, Department staff will contact clients in writing and by telephone to explain the purpose of the program as well as how they may benefit from the program.
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