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Review
. 2020 Apr 2:9:71-81.
doi: 10.2147/IPRP.S179628. eCollection 2020.

Medication Therapy Management: Current Challenges

Stefanie P Ferreri  1 , Tamera D Hughes  1 , Margie E Snyder  2
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Medication Therapy Management: Current Challenges

Stefanie P Ferreri et al. Integr Pharm Res Pract. .

Abstract

Medication therapy management (MTM) services have evolved as a means for pharmacists and other providers to assist patients and caregivers in improving therapeutic outcomes and reducing health care expenditures. More than a decade has passed since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 provided pharmacists with the opportunity to deliver MTM services to Medicare beneficiaries. MTM continues to offer pharmacists the opportunity to use their knowledge; yet, pharmacists have reported challenges with service delivery. Identifying the challenges that affect MTM services in pharmacy practice is necessary in order to seek improvement to MTM delivery. This narrative review explores the current challenges pharmacists face with MTM delivery, summarizes potential solutions for addressing challenges, and seeks to incite further debate, service reconfiguration, and ultimately service improvement of pharmacist-provided MTM services.

Keywords: community pharmacy; community pharmacy services; drug therapy management; medication management; pharmaceutical services.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Snyder serves as a consultant to Westat, Inc. on an evaluation of the CMS enhanced MTM program, also reports personal fees from Westat, Inc. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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Methodology of Narrative Review. Abbreviations: PDat, Publication Date; MTM, medication therapy management.
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