Course Description
Where do you “fit” in the new health care system as a neuropsychiatric pharmacist? This day-long workshop will begin with an update on the health care system. The emphasis will be on the role of the pharmacist in the new organizational structures of the medical home and accountable care organizations.
The program will then demonstrate what payers want from pharmacists who wish to provide medication management services. Keys to defining your service, recruiting patients, demonstrating your value, charging for your services and expanding your service will all be demonstrated.
This workshop will provide critical information to pharmacists in all practice settings. You will get important questions answered and understand what changes are needed to achieve and maintain a successful practice. You will also have the opportunity to learn from individuals in the private sector who have experience in delivering medication management services. Join us with the goal of making your service even more successful in 2012.
Learning Objectives
- Define the new health care reform terminology and structure.
- Discuss the expectations payers have for medication management services.
- Employ ways to define your service in terms the private sector understands.
- Apply successful patient recruitment methods
- Demonstrate the value of medication management services.
- Illustrate how to charge for your service in terms that payers understand.
- Calculate necessary growth rates and financial goals for a successful business.
Faculty
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Linda Strand, PharmD, PhD
Vice President of Professional Services
Medication Management Systems, Inc.
Dr. Strand is a pharmacist and an educator. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree, Doctor of Pharmacy Degree, and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Pharmacy Administration from the University of Minnesota. In 2001, Dr. Strand was presented an honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. Dr. Strand held faculty positions in the colleges of pharmacy at the University of Utah, the University of Florida and most recently, the University of Minnesota where she held the position of Distinguished Professor for ten years. Throughout her career she practiced in community, hospital, and clinical pharmacy settings.
Dr. Strand received the Remington Medal in 1997 from the American Pharmacists Association. This medal is the highest recognition given to an individual working in the profession of pharmacy.
Dr. Strand presently holds the position of Professor Emeritus in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her research resulted in the formation of a private enterprise called Medication Management Systems, Inc., which was started in 2006. Dr. Strand currently holds the position of Vice President of Professional Services at this company. The goal of this company is to make the software, practice instruments, management and marketing support for comprehensive medication management practice available to all practitioners all over the world. She lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Abbie Vogler, PharmD
Director of Account Management
Medication Management Systems, Inc.
Dr. Vogler is a pharmacist, teacher and an account manager. She has extensive work experience in community pharmacy practice and previously worked as a pharmaceutical care student practitioner at the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic in Minneapolis, an interdisciplinary clinic that provides free medical care to the underserved population. Dr. Vogler spent five weeks in Germany comparing the roles of the pharmacist providing patient care services in the U.S. and German health care systems. She received her Pharm.D. Degree from the University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the same institution.
Abbie currently manages clients at Medication Management Systems. She is responsible for implementing medication management services into health systems, health plans, hospitals, clinics and independent practice sites. She facilitates the delivery of medication management services to patients in the Medicare Part D Program, State Medicaid programs, employer benefit programs and private pay situations.
Course Requirements
To receive ACPE credit for this session, you must:
- Register for this course.
- Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
- Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
- Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.
Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures
Activity Date: 04/29/2012
ACPE Contact Hours: 7
ACPE Number: 0284-9999-12-001-L04-P (Application)
ACCME:7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.
ACPE Credit
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The 2012 Annual Meeting will provide up to 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs) of knowledge- and application-based continuing education credit from CPNP approved programming. The pre-meeting workshop is provided for an additional 7 contact hours (0.7 CEUs) and when combined with all other CPNP programming, allows for a maximum achievable 18 contact hours (1.8 CEUs). Industry supported symposia offered at the Annual Meeting offer additional ACPE credit.
To receive a statement of credit, participants must verify their attendance at the programming and complete evaluations and self-assessment questions. ACPE statements of credit will be retrieved by participants online on the CPNP website within one month following the event.
CME Credit
Sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Joint sponsorship of The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center and the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists. The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
ACPE and ACCME approved contact hours are accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal (as quoted on the ANCC website): “Other health disciplines' continuing education hours may be used if the content is applicable to your area of certification. ACPE and ACCME are specifically listed as approved credit types.
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Off-Label Use: This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA (see faculty information). The opinions expressed in the educational activity do not necessarily represent the views of AAPP and any educational partners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer: Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patientâs conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturerâs product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.