THIS PROGRAM APPROVED BY: MINNESOTA MEDICAID

This program qualifies you to register as a provider with MN Medicaid and conduct and receive payment for Medication Therapy Management services.

Seats are limited for this course. If space is still available, you will receive confirmation of your admission. If the program is closed, your credit card will not be charged, and you will be notified. Participants must complete the self-study component, attend the live training seminar, and complete the follow-up case studies to receive full credit and certification for this course.

To Receive Full Credit for this Course:

• Participants must complete the self-study component
• Participants must attend the live training seminar
• Participants must complete the 12 follow-up case studies

Cancellations 
No refunds for cancellation on or after November 1, 2021. Cancellations prior to November 1, 2021 will receive a refund minus a $50 processing fee. However, participants who redeem an enrollment code will be charged a fee of $175 regardless whether or not they complete any portion of the self-study.

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services

Certificate training program (4th Edition) presents a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering, and sustaining MTM services. It includes an overview of the marketplace for delivering MTM services, guidance for implementing MTM services in pharmacy practice, a review of the essential skills and knowledge needed for performing MTM successfully, and an organized process for identifying medication-related problems. The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of MTM services in a variety of practice settings.

The goals of this program are to:

• Advance public health and patient care through improved medication use
• Provide training to enhance pharmacists’ ability to effectively provide MTM services
• Motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to establish MTM services
• Communicate benchmark practices for providing MTM services

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program has three components: online interactive self-study with assessment; the live seminar with online evaluation; and post-seminar case exercise. A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to participants who successfully complete all program components, including an evaluation.

Key Learning Objectives of the Live Training Seminar

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Conduct a thorough medication therapy review (MTR)
• When interviewing a patient, employ effective communication skills to overcome communication barriers
• Complete a personal medication record (PMR)
• Develop a medication-related action plan (MAP)
• Document medication therapy management (MTM) services in a manner that allows for evaluating patient progress, billing, and tracking clinical and financial outcomes
• Create a plan for patient follow-up
• Assess patient-specific data and issues, and interpret these findings to identify medication-related problems
• Develop a patient problem list and a list of the patient’s medication-related problems
• Establish goals of therapy for each medical condition and medication-related problem identified
• Make recommendations for resolving situations in which a patient’s medications are potentially inappropriate
• Discuss the elements of an effective medication therapy recommendation to another health care practitioner
• Describe the medication use concerns and adverse drug events that are more common in elderly patients
• Account for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes when reviewing an elderly person’s medication regimen
• List important considerations when determining the operations of an MTM service
• Identify potential payers for MTM services
• Explain how to bill for MTM services using CPT codes
• Describe strategies for marketing MTM services
• Describe emerging opportunities for delivering MTM services

For a complete list of learning objectives and for all APhA accreditation information and policies, please visit APhA’s website

Seminar Agenda

• Check-in 
• Welcome, Introductions and Acknowledgements
• The MTM Care Process
• Break
• Patient Communication During MTM Encounters
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Managing Special Needs of Elderly Patients
• Lunch and Networking
• Case Studies
• Break
• MTM Implementation: Financial and Operational Issues
• Next Steps and Take Home Points
• Post-Seminar Assignment and Final Instructions

The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Activity Requirements - Course material and exams will be accessed online - In order to participate in this activity, registrants must have access to a computer with minimum system requirements: Internet connectivity with current version of internet browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer (V9 and above); Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash Player 8 or higher, Windows 95, Pentium 3 or equivalent processor, 64 MB of free memory (not 64 MB total), and Audio: Sound card and speakers or earphones. For full technology requirements, please visit http://www.pharmacist.com/delivering-medication-therapy-management-services

Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Information and Activity Completion Requirements
The live training seminar is approved for 8 hours (0.8 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit (UAN 0202-9999-18-165-L04-P). The post-seminar exercise is approved for 3 hours (0.3 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit (UAN 0202-9999-18-166-H04-P). Minnesota post-seminar exercise is approved for 12 hours (1.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit (UAN 0202-9999-18-167-H04-P)

Initial Release Date:  July 1, 2018; Expiration Date July 1, 2021. 

ACPE Activity Type:  Practice-based.

This practice-based continuing pharmacy education activity was developed by the American Pharmacists Association.