Advanced-practice pharmacists: Practice characteristics and reimbursement of pharmacists certified for collaborative clinical practice in New Mexico and North Carolina

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2341-2350

  Murawski, Matthew ^a   Villa, Kristin R ^a   Dole, Ernest J ^b,c   Ives, Timothy J ^d   Tinker, Dale ^a,e   Colucci, Vincent J ^f   Perdiew, Jeffrey ^g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

^e New Mexico Pharmacists Association   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Billing; Certification; Clinical pharmacists; Collaborative drug therapy management; Data collection; New Mexico; North Carolina; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacy, clinical; Prescribing; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LICENSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755177668     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp110351     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Hammond RW, Schwartz AH, Campbell MJ et al. Collaborative drug therapy management by pharmacists - 2003. Pharmacotherapy. 2003; 23:1210-25. (Pubitemid 37158791)
2. Koch KE. Pharmaceutical care trends in collaborative drug therapy management. Drug Benefit Trends. 2000; 12:45-54. (Pubitemid 30335705)
3. Dole EJ. Profession of second lieutenants. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2002; 59:558-60. (Pubitemid 34218666)
4. Pradel FG, Palumbo FB, Flowers L et al. White paper: value of specialty certification in pharmacy. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2004; 44:612-20.
5. Dole EJ, Murawski MM, Adolphe AB et al. Provision of pain management by a pharmacist with prescribing authority. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2007; 64:85-9. (Pubitemid 46395713)
6. Hammond RW, Dole EJ. The pharmacist clinician: prescriptive authority in New Mexico. www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/Campus-v2-594-596.pdf (accessed 2011 Aug 25).
7. Dennis BH, for the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. An overview of the clinical pharmacist practitioner in NC. www.ncpharmacists.org/ displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=98 (accessed 2011 Aug 17).
8. Department of Health. Supplementary prescribing by nurses, pharmacists, chiropodists/podiatrists, physiotherapists and radiographers within the NHS in England: a guide for implementation. www.somed.org/members/ITstudentinfo/ ITinfo12.pdf (accessed 2011 Aug 25).
9. Hobson RJ, Sewell GJ. Supplementary prescribing by pharmacists in England. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2006; 63:244-53.
10. Baqir W, Smith J. Why pharmacist prescribing appears to be floundering. Br J Clin Pharm. 2010; 2:150-1.
11. Baqir W, Clemerson J, Smith J. Evaluating pharmacist prescribing across the north east of England. Br J Clin Pharm. 2010; 2:147-9.
12. Stubbings J, Nutescu E, Durley SF et al. Payment for clinical pharmacy services revisited. Pharmacotherapy. 2011; 31:1-8.
13. Govtrack.us. H.R. 4724: Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2004. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h108-4724 (accessed 2011 Aug 17).
14. Govtrack.us. H.R. 5780: Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5780 (accessed 2011 Aug 17).
15. Govtrack.us. H.R. 5389: Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2010. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-5389 (accessed 2011 Aug 17).
16. Dillman DA. Mail and telephone surveys: the total design method. New York: Wiley-Interscience; 1978:1-33, 160-98.
17. 21 NCAC 46.3101. Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner.
18. 16.19.4.17 NMAC. Pharmacist Clinician.
19. George J, McCaig DJ, Bond CM et al. Supplementary prescribing: early experiences of pharmacists in Great Britain. Ann Pharmacother. 2006; 40:1843-50. (Pubitemid 44544884)
20. Cooper RJ, Lymn J, Anderson C et al. Learning to prescribe - pharmacists'experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England. BMC Med Educ. 2008; 57:1-8.
21. Tully MP, Latif S, Cantrill JA et al. Pharmacists'changing views of their supplementary prescribing authority. Pharm World Sci. 2007; 29:628-34. (Pubitemid 47594167)
22. Paolini N, Rouse MJ. Scope of contemporary pharmacy practice: roles, responsibilities, and functions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2010; 67:1030-1.