New medicare part d rule affects long-term-care pharmacies.

摘要

Medicare's recently announced changes to its Part D drug-reimbursement program are sure to have a major impact on pharmacists and pharmacies. The key modifications concern the way in which long-term care (LTC) pharmacies will be serving nursing homes and which nursing-home patients should receive expanded medication therapy management (MTM) services. LTC pharmacies such as Om-nicare, PharMerica, Inc., and Managed Health Care Associates, Inc., currently control about 90% of the market.