Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) has entered into a partnership with Navarro Pharmacy to offer a Medication Therapy Management program to qualified Humana Medicare members. Humanas Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program provides pharmacists with a suite of medication review solutions and clinical measures to identify problems or gaps in prescription drug therapy and better assist Medicare beneficiaries reduce the risk of over or under utilization of medications, promote adherence and decrease the likelihood of adverse drug events.
Medication Therapy Management is a part of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. Eligibility requirements put forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) include any Medicare beneficiary who has two or more chronic disease conditions, have anticipated costs of medications of about $4,000 for the 2006 calendar year and take eight or more Part D medications within a 90-day interval. Humanas MTM program services afford qualified network pharmacies the opportunity to become more involved in the care of patients. “MTM is affording pharmacists the opportunity to play an even greater role to enhance patient care and optimizing outcomes,” said William Fleming, PharmD, Humana vice president, pharmacy and clinical integration. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Navarro Pharmacies into our MTM program and look forward to supporting the pharmacists of Navarro in improving medication use through MTM at a community level.”