CASE STUDY www.mckesson.com/mps PRIMARY INTENDED OUTCOME Today’s pay-for-performance model means health plan incentives are significant contributors to a pharmacy’s financial well-being. Participation in preferred pharmacy networks is the doorway to serving more patients, and achieving high Medicare Star Ratings is the key. These payer performance ratings are impacted by measures of medication adherence (through PDC methodology), which look at the use of oral diabetes medications, statins, and hypertension drugs. Medication safety and medication therapy management (in the form of CMR completion rates) measurements also have an impact on Star ratings. New PDC guidelines, released in 2018, continue to increase the pressure placed on pharmacies. To be successful, both financially and

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