Medication Non-Adherence and Errors

Year: 2013

Resolution Number: 39

Action Taken: Approved

Status:

Author(s): Stanley B. Wolfe, MD

Sponsor: Adrian J. Christie, MD

On behalf of: Macomb County Delegation

Committee: B (Legislation)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That our AMA work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or seek federal legislation to require Medicare to provide the option of prescribing, according to patient need, timed calendar blister packs, to be filled locally with pharmacist counseling with no or minimal extra cost to the patient.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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