Disease management services

Zgarrick DP, Cohen E. 2000. Consumer demand for disease management services in a chain of grocery store community pharmacies. J Am Pharm Assoc 40 158. 

National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC). Disease Management Balancing Cost and Quality. An annotated bibliography of studies on the benefits of disease management services for the treatment of asthma. National Pharmaceutical Council, Reston, VA, 2002, pp. 1-51. 

Healthcare organizations that offer disease-management services to patients or providers can apply for disease-management accreditation (health plans that provide comprehensive services) or certification (organizations that provide clinical systems to support disease management). 

Independents are leaders in providing pharmacist care services Nearly 42% of independents are certified to provide disease management services, and more than 12,000 community pharmacists have completed disease management programs offered by NCPA s National Institute for Pharmacist Care Outcomes (NIPCO). 

Table 3 Summary of Disease State Management Services Offered and Separate Fees Charged...

The scenario in the chapter is illustrative of the inputs and outputs consumed and managed when filling a compounded prescription. What are the resources and outcomes that might be associated with providing a disease-state management service to diabetic patients Can each of these be managed Prioritize them based on which inputs add the most value to the output of this service. How did you decide which had the most value ... 

Pick a disease-state management service. Develop a process diagram for this service. What stages of this process do you expect to create bottlenecks What resources would be necessary in each step of the process ... 

The practice of pharmacy is continuing to undergo a paradigm shift from a dispensing-focused to a patient-care-focused profession. With the advances in technology and the increased supply of pharmacy technicians, pharmacists have more time to provide clinical services. One area in which pharmacists have seized the opportunity to become involved in patient care is disease management. 

Although reimbursement is often cited by pharmacists as the paramount barrier to the widespread dissemination of disease management, other troublesome yet surmountable obstacles exist. - Even when reimbursement is assured, the requirements accompanying billing can be time-consuming and costly. As in other medical fields, the paperwork required to document encounters and apply for pharmacy service reimbursement from various payers in different practice settings is not uniform. The information... 

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