As the traditional fee-for-service payment model recedes from view, accountable care continues to grow in importance—along with the role pharmacists can play in such efforts.
Indeed, pharmacists can drive the success of accountable care, according to Stephanie A. Gernant, PharmD, MS, the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management new practitioner officer. “Pharmacists can do high-level analytics on population reviews,” she said.