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CMS seeks proposals for therapy management

Pharmacy Regulation Resource, June 9, 2004

Clinical pharmacists in specialized practices should encourage their groups to get involved in a three-year Medicare therapy management pilot project.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began seeking proposals April 23 for participation in the pilot Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program, which aims to help Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic illnesses-including diabetes and congestive heart failure-to manage their conditions.

Individual pharmacists will not be able to participate in the program, says Gary Stein, PhD, director of federal legislative affairs for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He suggests that pharmacists in group practices, such as anticoagulation or asthma clinics, should encourage their practices to get involved.

Those pharmacists would be able to help patients manage their medications and maximize their treatment benefits, Stein says.

For more information or to download a proposal, visit www.cms.hhs.gov/medicarereform/ccip/. The application deadline is August 6.

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