Assess proactively whether patient is taking Taking pressure medication as No reporting required medication as prescribed. Discuss directed (Weight = 3) from health care adherence barriers with your patients providers. The health Medicare Part D beneficiaries 18 to identify and resolve them. plan evaluates years old or older with a Encourage adherence by providing 90-day prescription claims data prescription for a blood pressure prescriptions for maintenance drugs. for this measure. medication who fill their Provide an updated prescription to the prescription often enough to pharmacy if your patient’s medication dose has cover 80 percent or more of the changed since his/her original prescription. time they are supposed to be Refer patients to http://humana.com/takemymedicine taking the medication. for adherence tips and tools. Note: In this measure, pressure medication” means an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor or an ARB (angiotensin receptor blocker) drug, or a direct renin inhibitor drug. Assess proactively whether patient is taking Taking cholesterol medication as No reporting required medication as prescribed. Discuss directed (Weight = 3) from health care adherence barriers with your patients providers. The health Percentage of Medicare Part D to identify and resolve them. plan evaluates beneficiaries 18 or older Encourage adherence by providing 90-day prescription claims data with a prescription for a prescriptions for maintenance drugs. for this measure. cholesterol medication who fill Provide an updated prescription to the their prescription often enough pharmacy if your patient’s medication dose has to cover 80 percent or more of changed since his/her original prescription. the time they are supposed to patients to http://humana.com/takemymedicine be taking the medication for adherence tips and tools. Note: In this measure, “cholesterol medication” means a statin drug.
Taking pressure medication as directed (Weight = 3) Medicare Part D beneficiaries 18 years old or older with a prescription for a blood pressure medication who fill their prescription often enough to cover 80 percent or more of the time they are supposed to be taking the medication. Note: In this measure, pressure medication” means an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor or an ARB (angiotensin receptor blocker) drug, or a direct renin inhibitor drug. Assess proactively whether patient is taking medication as prescribed. Discuss adherence barriers with your patients to identify and resolve them. Encourage adherence by providing 90-day prescriptions for maintenance drugs. Provide an updated prescription to the pharmacy if your patient’s medication dose has changed since his/her original prescription. Refer patients to http://humana.com/takemymedicine for adherence tips and tools. No reporting required from health care providers. The health plan evaluates prescription claims data for this measure. Taking cholesterol medication as directed (Weight = 3) Percentage of Medicare Part D beneficiaries 18 or older with a prescription for a cholesterol medication who fill their prescription often enough to cover 80 percent or more of the time they are supposed to be taking the medication Note: In this measure, “cholesterol medication” means a statin drug. Assess proactively whether patient is taking medication as prescribed. Discuss adherence barriers with your patients to identify and resolve them. Encourage adherence by providing 90-day prescriptions for maintenance drugs. Provide an updated prescription to the pharmacy if your patient’s medication dose has changed since his/her original prescription. patients to http://humana.com/takemymedicine for adherence tips and tools. No reporting required from health care providers. The health plan evaluates prescription claims data for this measure.
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