Study to Assess the Impact of a Primary Care Practice Model Utilizing Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners (CPP) to Improve the Care of Medicare-Eligible Populations in North Carolina, A

Title
Study to Assess the Impact of a Primary Care Practice Model Utilizing Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners (CPP) to Improve the Care of Medicare-Eligible Populations in North Carolina, A
Project Officer(s)
Maria Sotirelis
Start Date
End Date
Award
Grant
Description
The objective of this study was to examine the role of the clinical pharmacist practitioner (CPP) in managing drug treatment to reduce costs and improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries. The methodology was a retrospective analysis of Medicare claims data for beneficiaries who did receive CPP services. The claims data for this population was to be compared to beneficiaries who did not receive CPP services. The study was to look at the following parameters will be assessed: number of office visits, number of hospitalizations/emergency room visits, and charges per visit.
Funding
$95,305.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Timothy Ives
Project Number
1C0CMS030277/01
Status
Originally the grant period for the award ran from July, 1st 2009 - December 31st, 2009, and CMS granted a no cost extension which extended the grant period until December 31st, 2010. In December 2010, CMS decided not to grant the awardee a second extension for six months because work for the study as originally proposed was not completed and a revised proposal submitted toward the end of the grant period was very different from what was originally proposed.
Awardee Address

School of Pharmacy, Box 7360
Chapel, Hill, NC
United States

Awardee Name
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill