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Pharmacy Times SNOMED CT Article
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CMMI Enhanced MTM Model 2nd Learning Event Webinar Slides and Transcript
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On Nov 18th, Shelly Spiro (Pharmacy HIT Collaborative’s Executive Director) coordinated and presented with ONC the CMMI Health IT Learning Event webinar related to the Enhanced Part D MTM 5-Region Pilot Program. Pharmacy HIT Collaborative members from OutcomesMTM, AMCP, Relay Health and APhA were among the panelist. Almost 500 attendees listened to the webinar. Download: Slides with Audio (MP4 - 70MB) Transcript (PDF)
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CMMI Enhanced MTM Model 3rd Learning Event
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In 2015, the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative provided 13 written comments to Office of National Coordinator for HIT (ONC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) doubling prior year’s submissions.
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In 2015, the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative social media presence grew with 1053 twitter followers and 730 LinkedIn connections with 1150 tweets posted including over 300 tweets during national pharmacists tweet-a-thon.
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Pharmacy HIT Collaborative’s ONC Comments to MU Stage 3 Modifications
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On December 15, 2015, the Pharmacy Health Information Technology Collaborative (Collaborative) submitted further comments on specific sections of the final rule – Medicare and Medicaid Program; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program – Stage 3 and Modification to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017. The Collaborative is supportive of the proposed modifications for transitioning to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) starting in 2018, as established by the enactment of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
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Pharmacy HIT Collaborative’s Comments to CMS Requirements for Discharge Planning
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On January 4, 2016, the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative submitted comments in response to CMS request for information on the proposed rule – CMS-3311-P – Medicare and Medicaid Program; Revisions to Requirements for Discharge Planning Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies. The Collaborative is supportive of the proposed modifications for the discharge planning process from acute care hospitals and post-acute care (PAC) settings for transitioning care to a patient’s home (with or without PAC services), skilled nursing facility, nursing home, long term care hospital, rehabilitation hospital or unit, assisted living center, or other health care settings. Pharmacists are already providing a critical role in discharge planning. Therefore the Collaborative recommends that the proposed rule explicitly indicate that pharmacists be included in the discharge planning process. Pharmacists play important roles at points of transition of care, especially, in post-acute and long-term care; by assuring orders created by eligible professionals (EPs) are correct, and reconciling medications. These roles require pharmacists to have access to current problem lists at the points of transition to match medications for patients to use. This is particularly important for medication therapy management (MTM) services pharmacists provide under Medicare Part D.
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