• Kristen Tripicchio, Benjamin Urick, Jon Easter, and Sachiko Ozawa.
• Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, 301 Pharmacy Lane, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. Electronic address: ktripicc@gmail.com.
• Res Social Adm Pharm. 2020 Oct 1; 16 (10): 1416-1421.

IntroductionComprehensive medication management (CMM) is a patient care process provided by clinical pharmacists in primary care settings that ensures optimal use of medications with timely follow-up. Despite widespread evidence that shows CMM improves clinical and medication-related outcomes, pharmacist-delivered CMM services often fail to be adopted into U.S. primary care settings.ObjectiveThis study presents a conceptual framework linking outcomes of pharmacist-delivered CMM services in primary care settings to financial benefits for health plans providing coverage of CMM services and primary care practices investing and implementing CMM.MethodsA critical review of the literature was performed in PubMed and the gray literature to identify financing opportunities that justify the coverage of CMM by third-party health plan administrators or the implementation of CMM by primary care practices. Financing elements that could be impacted by pharmacist-led CMM outcomes, namely higher achievement of medication-related quality measures and reduction of total costs of care, were recorded and utilized to develop the conceptual framework.ResultsThe framework suggests that CMM provides economic benefits to both health plans and primary care practices by increasing market competitiveness, direct revenue, and quality bonuses. Health plans may benefit from higher plan quality ratings, lower premiums and plan bids, increased shared savings, and quality bonus payments. Primary care practices may achieve increased negotiating power through accreditation recognition and patient satisfaction, increased revenue through shared savings and fee-for-service reimbursement, and achievement of quality bonus payments.ConclusionsThe alignment of economic benefits from CMM advances a strong value proposition for greater adoption of CMM coverage by health plans and implementation in the U.S. primary care system. Through broader CMM implementation, pharmacists can work alongside physicians in advanced care models and play a vital role in shaping the primary care practice transition to value-based care.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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