medication management

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 3, 2016)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) announced the participants in the Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management (MTM) model.

Assisted Living Residents With Dementia Prone To Abusing Others, Study Finds

LENEXA, Kan. (June 23, 2016)—EY announced that the president and CEO of Mediware Information Systems, Inc., Kelly Mann, received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Award in the Central Midwest. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

AMSTERDAM (June 1, 2016)—Royal Philips today announced new study results demonstrating the use of a connected medication dispensing technology can greatly benefit patients with chronic conditions, helping them better comply with long-term therapy. Over the span of one year, user data from more than 1,300 patients in the Netherlands was analyzed, showing 96 percent of patients using Philips Medido, a connected medication dispensing solution, were adherent to their medication schedule.

House Letter Airs Concerns About Medicare Part B Drug Payment Demo
Dozens of House members wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking that the Medicare Part B drug payment demo program be withdrawn. (Mary Ellen McIntire/Morning Consult)

WHEELING, ILL. (January 27, 2016)—MMF Industries, a world-class supplier of security, cash handling and metal products, has introduced a new product line to help families organize, secure and protect prescription drugs from misuse. With the abuse of prescription medication on the rise, the new line, Med-Master, is a secure locking storage solution that is helping to prevent mishandling and theft of drugs that are found in the home and easily accessible.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 28, 2015)—Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced a model to test strategies to improve medication use among Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part D. Medication therapy management, when implemented effectively, can improve health care and outcomes for patients and has the potential to lower overall health care costs.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2013)—"I think it's wonderful that 47 states recognized Falls Prevention Awareness Day, established by the National Council on Aging (NCOA)," said Iris Onrot, who knows a lot about falls and their sometimes deadly consequences. She has studied falls and measured and tested their impacts, which led to inventing a simple way for the elderly to significantly diminish the chances of sustaining a hip fracture from falling.