APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services A Certificate Training Program for Pharmacists

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services presents a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering, and sustaining M^TMservices. It includes an overview of the marketplace for delivering M^TMservices, guidance for implementing M^TMservices in pharmacy practice, a review of the essential skills and knowledge needed for performing M^TMsuccessfully, and an organized process for identifying medication-related problems. The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of M^TMservices in a variety of practice settings.

The goals of this program are to
educate pharmacists about:
• Advance public health and patient care through
improved medication use.
• Provide training to enhance pharmacists’ ability
to effectively provide M^TMservices.
• Motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to
establish M^TMservices.
• Communicate benchmark practices for providing
M^TMservices.
At the completion of this activity,
the learner will be able to:
• Conduct a thorough medication therapy review
(MTR)
• When interviewing a patient, employ
effective communication skills to overcome
communication barriers
• Complete a personal medication record (PMR)
• Develop a medication-related action plan (MAP)
Document medication therapy management
(MTM) services in a manner that allows for
evaluating patient progress, billing, and tracking
clinical and financial outcomes
• Create a plan for patient follow-up
• Perform the following tasks, given a patient case
that includes one or more medications:
3 Assess patient-specific data and issues, and
interpret these findings to identify medication related
problems
3 Develop a patient problem list and a list of the
patient’s medication-related problems
3 Establish goals of therapy for each medical
condition and medication-related problem
identified
3 Make recommendations for resolving
situations in which a patient’s medications are
potentially inappropriate
• Discuss the elements of an effective medication
therapy recommendation to another health care
practitioner
• Describe the medication use concerns and
adverse drug events that are more common in
elderly patients
• Account for pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic changes when reviewing
an elderly person’s medication regimen
• List important considerations when determining
the operations of an M^TMservice
• Identify potential payers for M^TMservices
• Explain how to bill for M^TMservices using CPT
codes
• Describe strategies for marketing M^TMservices
• Describe emerging opportunities for delivering
M^TMservices
At the completion of this activity,
the participant will be able to:
• Conduct a thorough medication history
• Complete a personal medication record (PMR)
• Develop a medication-related action plan (MAP)
• Assess a patient’s health conditions and
medication use to generate a list of medication related
problems
• Prioritize a list of medication-related problems
and provide recommendations
to address those problems
• Appropriately document medication therapy
management services provided
to a patient