Survey of Medicare Part D Plans' Medication Therapy Management Programs. Effective Health Care Research Reports Number 1

摘要

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 included a provision for programs, termed Medication Therapy Management (MTM) programs, focused on optimizing therapeutic outcomes for patient with multiple medications and multiple conditions. The broad definition of MTM program in this Act allowed Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage Drug Plans (MA-PDs) to develop a wide variety of MTM services. The purpose of this survey was to describe and summarize the enrollment criteria and benefit design for MTM programs being offered throughout the United States in 2006.