Billing for pharmacists' cognitive services in physicians' offices: Multiple methods of reimbursement

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Scott, Mollie Ashe ^a,b   Hitch, William J ^a,c   Wilson, Courtenay Gilmore ^a,c   Lugo, Amy M ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mountain Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^d Department of Defense Pharmacoeconomic Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Billing codes; Clinical pharmacist practitioners; Pharmacy services; Reimbursement (pharmacist)

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULATION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MEDICAL FEE; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862752233     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11218     Document Type: Article

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