The Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach to QI of Medication Use
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1 The Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach to QI of Medication Use David Nau, RPh, PhD, CPHQ, FAPhA President Pharmacy Quality Solutions Market Drivers: Medication-Use Quality in Ambulatory Care HHS Consumers Employers ONC,HRSA CDC,AHRQ FDA CMS Medicare Metrics NCQA URAC Medicaid Plans & PBM Medicare Plans & PBM Commercial Plans & PBM Consultant & Vendors Preferred Networks & P4P Pharmacies? Physicians 2 1
2 Pharmacy Quality Alliance () Established in April 2006, as a public-private partnership Consensus-based, non-profit, alliance with >100 member organizations, including: Health Plans & PBMs Pharmacies & professional associations Federal agencies (CMS, FDA) Pharmaceutical mfrs Consumer advocates Technology & consulting groups Universities Mission: Improve the quality of medication management and use across health care settings with the goal of improving patients health through a collaborative process to develop and implement performance measures and recognize examples of exceptional pharmacy quality. Adoption of Measures Medicare Part D Plan Ratings Star measures: medication adherence (diabetes, BP, cholesterol) medication safety (HRM, Diabetes/RASA) Display measures: 2 safety measures and 1 MTM measure URAC accreditation programs Health plan, PBM, mail/specialty pharmacy National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) evalue8 (health plan evaluation) Federal/State Insurance Marketplaces (Exchanges)? 2
3 Medicare Plan Ratings Annual ratings of Medicare plans that are made available on Medicare Plan Finder and CMS website Ratings are displayed as 1 to 5 stars Stars are calculated for each measure, as well as each domain, summary, and overall (applies to MA-PDs) level Ratings of all Medicare plans can be found at: Coverage/PrescriptionDrugCovGenIn/PerformanceData.html Medicare Plan Ratings Part C Medicare Advantage plans (Part C) often include a prescription drug benefit (Part D) and are known as MA-PDs. The MA-PDs are evaluated on both the Part C and Part D measures. Part C ratings are based on 37 quality measures that emcompass member experiences, processes of care and clinical outcomes (outcomes measures are weighted heavier) Several measures may be affected by medication adherence: Diabetes Care: Blood sugar controlled Diabetes Care: Cholesterol controlled Blood pressure controlled CAHPS (physical/mental health domains)? 3
4 Medicare Plan Ratings Part D Medicare drug plans receive a summary rating on quality as well as four domain, and individual measure, scores (18 individual measures in total) Five measures are from : 2 measures of medication safety High risk medications in the elderly Appropriate treatment of blood pressure in persons with diabetes 3 measures of medication adherence Oral diabetes medications Cholesterol medication (statins) Blood pressure (renin-angiotensin system antagonists) Due to the higher weighting of clinically-relevant measures, the measures account for 45% of Part D summary ratings in 2013 Medicare Part D: display measures Display measures are not a part of the Star Ratings, but are used to provide benchmarks and feedback to plans CMS also monitors display measures to assess plan performance; poor performance can lead to compliance actions by CMS Display measures (from ): Drug-Drug Interactions Excessive doses of oral diabetes medications Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR) Completion Rate HIV antiretroviral medication adherence (only in safety reports) New Display measure (NOT from ) Use of atypical antipsychotics 4
5 Part D National Averages Benchmarks - Medicare MA-PD PDP PDC Diabetes 73.7 % 75.8 % PDC Hypertension (RASA) 73.9 % 76.8 % PDC Statins 69.0 % 71.0 % Diabetes ACEI/ARB Use 84.3 % 82.3 % High-Risk Medications 7.8 % 8.8 % 9 Building Consumer Awareness of Stars Sample PDP (S ) 10 Icon to identify 5-Star plans 5
6 Higher-rated plans attract more enrollees A study published in JAMA on January 16, 2013, concluded that Medicare's 5-star rating program for Medicare Advantage is associated with beneficiaries' enrollment decisions. Among first-time enrollees, a 1-star higher rating was associated with a 9.5 (95% CI, ) percentage-point increase in likelihood to enroll. Among enrollees switching plans, a 1-star higher rating was associated with a 4.4 (95% CI, ) percentage-point increase in likelihood to enroll. Star ratings were less strongly associated with enrollment for black, rural, low-income, and the youngest beneficiaries. Citation: Ried, Partha, Howell & Shrank. JAMA 2013;309(3): Medicare Advantage Payments The star ratings now affect payment to Medicare Advantage plans wherein higher-rated plans get higher payment Quality Bonus Payments (QBPs) are being awarded on a sliding scale according to star ratings QBPs were created by PPACA but have been phased in via a demonstration project 2015 payments will be based on 2014 ratings which were based on 2012 and 2013 data For large MA-PDs, the QBPs can be > $100 million As a result, the MA-PDs are placing greater accountability on physicians and pharmacies 6
7 EQuIPP for Collaboration on Medication-Use Quality HHS Consumers Employers ONC,HRSA CDC,AHRQ FDA CMS Medicare Metrics NCQA URAC Medicaid Plans & PBM Medicare Plans & PBM Commercial Plans & PBM Consultant & Vendors EQuIPP Pharmacies MedConcert Physicians 13 What is EQuIPP? EQuIPP is a multi-plan, multi-pharmacy, collaborative to: Enhance engagement of retail pharmacies for stars improvement in regions where participating plans have significant opportunities for stars improvement Enable faster, more-refined, benchmarking of Part D stars performance in key market areas EQuIPP provides a neutral assessment of quality for trusted performance assessment and benchmarking by all parties. EQuIPP lays the foundation for performance-based contracts and payment systems for pharmacy networks Is being expanded to provide medication-related quality data to physicians, and to enable communities of care across providers via MedConcert 7
8 Why include pharmacists in Stars Improvement strategies? -supported demonstrations in Pennsylvania showed: Rite Aid s pharmacies were able to achieve significant improvement in PDC rates over 1 year while remaining efficient Highmark PDC measures increased by 1 star during demo period Economies of Scale: Thousands of pharmacists in a plan s network with frequent visits of Medicare patients to pharmacies (i.e., many touch points) Most Medicare Part D plans could move from 3 stars to 4 stars on each PDC measure if every pharmacy in its network helped just 1 more ACEI/ARB patient, 1 more diabetes patient, and 1 more statin patient become highly adherent Home Page 16 8
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10 Education Resources EPIQ Educating Pharmacists in Quality Turn-key course in QI and Safety for Pharmacy Students Includes Powerpoint lectures, quizzes, exercises, cases CD of course materials available from Terri Warholak at the University of Arizona Companion text by Warholak & Nau available from McGraw-Hill (Quality & Safety in Pharmacy Practice) Development was sponsored by Materials can be used for interdisciplinary courses too Examplar for Education The University of Arizona has pilot-tested an interdisciplinary course for Quality & Safety that moves beyond the classroom Coordinators: Terri Warholak (Pharmacy) & Ken Schachter (Public Health) Two interdisciplinary teams (1 expert, 1 novice) comprised of students from pharmacy, nursing and public health Self-guided readings based on EPIQ and IHI modules Focus was on QI projects to test collaboration in the real-world Results: All students seemed to love the course and felt it improved collegiality and communication across disciplines; reinforced principles of QI Expert team of students were frustrated with preceptors Suggested adding other disciplines Integrate with experiential rotations across multiple semesters to allow longitudinal data collection and followup 10
11 Summary Medicare is driving greater attention to medication-related quality via the Medicare Star Ratings and through tying financial consequences to the ratings. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and accreditation programs are also driving the demand for info on medication-use quality. These changes are driving pressure on physicians, pharmacists and others to optimize drug therapy and promote ongoing adherence to medications by our patients. P4P is moving into the pharmacy realm. The marketplace is adapting rapidly to these new drivers for medication-use quality. Can academia keep up? 11
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