Since the College launched its initiative to seek Medicare coverage for comprehensive medication management (CMM) service, its lobbying efforts have yielded important progress in helping educate congressional offices on the definition of CMM and the process of care, its benefits to patients and the broader health care system, its acceptance within existing public and private programs, and its potential for savings and quality improvement.
At the same time, passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) set in motion the process of transitioning Medicare physician payments from a fee-for-service structure to one that measures and pays for quality and outcomes by incentivizing participation in Merit-Based Incentive Programs and Advanced Alternative Payment Models.
To learn more about potential opportunities to advance the integration of CMM services as part of this evolution of Medicare payment and care-delivery structures, 2017 ACCP Annual Meeting attendees are encouraged to attend the following sessions, each held at the Phoenix Convention Center North Building Street Level:
"ACCP Welcome and Keynote Address: Big Data for Team-Based, Patient-Centered Health Care: A Clinical Framework"
October 7, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Speaker:
- Summerpal Kahlon, M.D., Director, Care Innovation, Oracle Health Sciences, Orlando, Florida
Learning objectives:
- Describe the emerging world of “big data” and how it relates to the advancement of clinical pharmacy practice;
- Identify ways to incorporate and use robust data sets/information to improve clinical and humanistic outcomes for patients; and
- Summarize the current policy and advocacy issues that intersect with the world of big data.
"Credentialing and Privileging: The Key to Advancing Clinical Practice Through Alternative Payment Models"
October 7, 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Available for 2.0 hours of CPE credit.
Speakers:
- John K. McGlew, M.A., Director of Governmental Affairs, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Washington, D.C.
- Daniel S. Aistrope, Pharm.D., BCACP, Director, Clinical Practice Advancement, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Lenexa, Kansas
- Allyson Schlichte, Pharm.D., MBA, BCACP, Medication Therapy Management Operations Lead and Provider, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Learning objectives:
- Describe the policy principles of ACCP’s Medicare Initiative to establish coverage for comprehensive medication management (CMM) services within the Medicare program;
- Identify the key challenges and opportunities in Congress and within the administrative agencies in establishing Medicare coverage for CMM;
- Describe the key goals of the MACRA legislation as they relate to value-based payment structures, and identify opportunities within this implementation process to advance clinical pharmacy practice and expand access to CMM services; and
- Explain why credentialing and privileging are essential to the ongoing effort to fully integrate clinical pharmacists into health care teams under evolving alternative payment models.
ACCP Business and Town Hall Meeting
October 8, 2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
"Building a Patient-Centered Pharmacist Team to Achieve Medication Optimization"
Moderator:
- C. Edwin Webb, Pharm.D., MPH, Associate Executive Director, Director of Government and Professional Affairs, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
- Allyson Schlichte, Pharm.D., MBA, BCACP, Medication Therapy Management Operations Lead and Provider, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Trista Pfeiffenberger, Pharm.D., Director of Quality and Operations, Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Networks, Hillsborough, North Carolina
- Amina Abubakar, Pharm.D., Pharmacist/Owner, Rx Clinic Pharmacy, Charlotte, North Carolina
Late-Breaking Literature and Recent Developments in Clinical Pharmacy
October 10, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Available for 1.5 hours of CPE credit.
"Washington Leadership Changes to Health Care/Health Care Reform: Clinical Pharmacy Friend or Foe"
Speaker:
- Paul T. Kelly, Federal Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.
For more information on any of ACCP’s advocacy efforts, please contact:
John K. McGlew
Director, Government Affairs
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
1455 Pennsylvania Ave. Northwest
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004-1017
(202) 621-1820
[email protected]