Extra duties with Provider status as a pharmacist include?

[RxStudentatUB]

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I think this guy is trying pretty hard to say more than MTM, but right after he says Medication therapy managing and "everything else". Isn't MTM the same thing as medication therapy managing?
Also, what is included in the "everything else?" When I interviewed at Minnesota, MTM was the new thing?

 

[PharmHopefulLonghorn2015]

Thanks for this! It seemed this guy was struggling to fill in the blanks for extra provider responsibilities so he tried to drone on as long as possible with the benefits of MTM. But it's not really an extra boost as far as where I work as a techie...

 

[PharmNerdMatt]

Didn't get to watch - will later, but I did want to say that "Provider status" is more about getting paid for things we already do than it is about doing new things. Yes, we can already bill for MTM, but only in a limited way and only in the confines of the strict definition.

Until now, our jobs have been about cost reduction than anything. This will affect broad Ambulatory Care practices and Inpatient much more than it will affect any community pharmacist.

 

[SClENCE]

Here my theory as it relates to independent pharmacies. Insurance companies just keep pushing reimbursement rates lower and lower. Big chains will east the loss while indis go out of business. Once this happens, all that will be left is the big chains. At this point, the chains demand huge reimbursements and the insurance will have no choice but to accept because there will be no other pharmacies for the patient to go to. Just a guess as to what is happening. Maybe the staff cuts are just to withstand the low reimbursements and once the big chains have the market the work environment for pharmacists will improve with all that extra profit 🙂

 

[RxEvileye]

Here is a summary of what the recently passed Senate Bill 493 in California grants pharmacists:
http://www.cshp.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/sb_493_fact_sheet_-_10.8.13.pdf

And here are two national bills that have been proposed:
http://www.pharmacist.com/us-senate-introduces-pharmacists-provider-status-legislation

 

[RxStudentatUB]

Here my theory as it relates to independent pharmacies. Insurance companies just keep pushing reimbursement rates lower and lower. Big chains will east the loss while indis go out of business. Once this happens, all that will be left is the big chains. At this point, the chains demand huge reimbursements and the insurance will have no choice but to accept because there will be no other pharmacies for the patient to go to. Just a guess as to what is happening. Maybe the staff cuts are just to withstand the low reimbursements and once the big chains have the market the work environment for pharmacists will improve with all that extra profit 🙂

Is it worth it to become a PIC few years down the line? If there is a major change in business model, would that axe the staff pharmacists before the PIC? That is my thinking anyway if dispensing gets turned over to fancy equipment for good, the new model will look like one PIC + a group of technicians.