Lexology April 12, 2023
Pharmacy is a space to augment your ACO:
A survey of ambulatory care programs (ACOs) found that only 57 percent had directly hired at least one clinical pharmacist to provide their patients with care.
Pharmacy involvement in your ACO delivers a fiscal impact:
Clinical pharmacists resolving medication-therapy problems for 290 patients resulted in an estimated cost savings of over $1.1 million.
Pharmacist management of ACO patients resulted in a decrease of $554 per patient per month in the total cost, with medication costs decreasing by $192 per patient per month.
Pharmacist-associated ten-year ACO cost savings at one health system have been estimated at over $2.9 million, or $86 per encounter.
Incorporating pharmacists with your ACO makes sense:
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