House Health Care Reform Bill Adds MTM Provisions
8/5/2009
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have approved an amendment to health care reform legislation that will provide grants for pharmacist-provided medication therapy management services.
The amendment would create a program managed by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality to award grants for pharmacist-provided medication therapy management services for chronically-ill patients.
ASHP actively lobbied for the inclusion of the amendment and educated congressional staffers on the important contributions that pharmacists provide as part of the health care team.
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