From the desk of James Gelfand, JD, President, ERIC (ERISA Industry Committee), GTMRx Advocacy Partner October 14, 2022 After a short September of work in Congress, House and Senate members are once again back at home, campaigning in advance of the…
Overcoming turnover, transitions and a troubled system: Making CMM work in long-term care By Mark Gerdes, RPh, director of Avera long-term care pharmacy for Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center; and Anna Meyer, PharmD, clinical pharmacy supervisor for the…
Practice Transformation Team-based care begins with the patient In a Pharmacy Times interview, Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP, Executive Physician Advisor, GTMRx Institute, discussed the importance of collaboration among physicians, other clinicians and pharmacists in delivering comprehensive medication management. “It starts with…
Credible, current and accessible: Finding the drug data to get the medications right By Patrick Reilly, CEO of phactMI September 28, 2022 To get the medications right, care teams need access to the most current, evidence-based information about those medications—ideally,…
Leveraging trust for behavior change: Interdisciplinary team connects with hard-to-reach patients, addresses medication and SDOH problems By Todd D. Sorensen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, Professor and Senior Executive Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Faculty Affairs, College of Pharmacy at the…
Practice Transformation Underappreciated CMM is the missing ingredient to value-based models Comprehensive medication management is the missing ingredient in value-based models, but despite evidence supporting its effectiveness and value, it remains underappreciated and underused, a group of GTMRx leaders write…
GTMRx to CMS: MA needs to support team-based, interprofessional care that includes CMM Coalition submits comments to enhance Medicare Advantage Tysons Corner, VA — Sept. 1, 2022: Wednesday, the Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute submitted comments urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Practice Transformation Amazon to shutter Amazon Care Say “goodbye” to Amazon Care. The virtual and in-home health service, initially created for Amazon employees will be gone by the end of 2022. Amazon Care currently has six corporate customers including Hilton,…
Health equity and CMM: You can’t have one without the other By Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP, Executive Physician Advisor, GTMRx Institute August 26, 2022 A key element of health equity is appropriate access to a high-quality health care team—a…
GTMRx Adds Former Medical Practice Lead for American College of Physicians to National Physician Advisory Group Dr. Michael Barr Appointed Executive Physician Advisor Tysons Corner, VA — August 23, 2022 — Today, The Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute, a…
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