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Medication Therapy Management: Implementation Strategies to Improve Outcomes

Program Description

You are invited to attend a one-of-a-kind symposium with dynamic faculty interaction, innovative use of an audience response system and a personalized plan of action for your practice. This interactive symposium will focus on the implementation of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services. The program will cover the "current state" of MTM, best practices in MTM provision and cost-effective strategies for implementation and quality improvement of MTM. Additionally, the interactive program will identify the audience's MTM strategies/practices through the use of an audience response system (ARS).

Location

Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel
Northbrook Ballroom
933 Skokie Blvd.
Northbrook, IL 60062

Program Agenda

8:00 AM - Registration / Complimentary Breakfast
9:00 AM - Educational Activity (with coffee break)
  - Welcome / Introductions / Audience Assessment
  - Strategic planning for MTM
  - The current environment: Where does MTM fit in?
  - Setting an MTM course for your organization
  - Outcomes and funding for MTM
  - MTM implementation challenges
12:00 PM - Question and Answer Forum / Complimentary Lunch
12:30 PM - MTM Action Plan
1:00 PM - Adjourn

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this CE / CME activity, pharmacists and physicians will be able to:

• Outline the components of a strategic plan

• Describe the current and evolving MTM requirements of CMS and payor organizations

• Identify the impact of current MTM practices on patient health outcomes

• Compare and contrast MTM practice models through a strategic planning template and identify applications to his/her practice

Program Faculty

Anne Burns, R.Ph.
Vice President, Professional Affairs
American Pharmacists Association
Washington, DC

Mary Ann Kliethermes, B.S., Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Vice Chair - Ambulatory Care
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Chicago College of Pharmacy
Midwestern University
Downers Grove, IL

Catherine Kuhn, Pharm.D.
Pharmacist, The Kroger Co.
Mansfield Patient Care Center
Mansfield, OH

James D. Nash, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP
Director, National Center for Advanced Pharmacy Services (NCAPS)
Assistant Professor, Clinical and Administrative Sciences
Sullivan University College of Pharmacy
Louisville, KY

Randall Rollinson, MS, MBA
President, LBL Strategies Ltd.
Chicago, IL

CE / CME Accreditation

Pharmacists
ProCE, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Universal Program Number 221-000-09-044-L01-P has been assigned to this live program (initial release date 07-29-09). This program is acceptable for 3.5 contact hours (0.35 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE providers. The program is provided at no cost to participants. Statements of credit will be issued on-line upon successful completion of the program evaluation. Participants must complete a program evaluation to receive pharmacy CE credit. No partial credit will be given.

Physicians
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 ProCE, Inc. and the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP).

The NAMCP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) to physicians. The NAMCP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Funding

This program is supported by an educational grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.

Disclosure
It is the policy of ProCE to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship a faculty member or a sponsor has with the manufacturer of any commercial product(s) discussed in an educational presentation. Ms. Burns, Dr. Kliethermes, Dr. Kuhn, Dr. Nash, and Mr. Rollinson all report having no relevant affiliations or financial relationships to disclose.

Please note: The opinions expressed in this program should not be construed as those of the CME / CE provider. The information and views are those of the faculty through clinical practice and knowledge of the professional literature. Portions of this program may include the use of drugs for unlabeled indications. Use of drugs outside of labeling should be considered experimental and participants are advised to consult prescribing information and professional literature.