The 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) created Medicare Part D, a voluntary prescription drug benefit program. The benefit is a government subsidized prescription drug benefit within Medicare. This article focuses on the development of the prescription drug risk-adjustment model used to adjust payments to reflect the health status of plan enrollees.

The misuse and abuse of controlled substances, especially those containing opiates, by the general public and in patients suffering with chronic pain is a problem attracting nationwide attention. This fact is reinforced by multiple congressional committees with jurisdiction over the epidemic, numerous hearings conducted by various committees, and the focus the administration. The United States ...

statement of the problem many diseases to be treated by dentists require drug therapy. lack of paying enough attention to principles of drug prescription can lead to problems such as unsuccessful treatment. on the other hand, the most important way to prevent such problems is paying enough attention to prescription of drugs materials and methods in this descriptive study, 260 prescriptions rand...

Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, and targeted therapy. The choice of treatment dependson the type and stage of the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs play an important role in cancer treatment. The objective of this interview-questionnaire study is to explore what influences Iranian hematologists-oncologists’ prescription when prescribing chemotherapy...

evaluation and improvement of drug management process is essential for patient safety. the present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in women surgery department of qeh using hfmea method in 2013. a mixed method was used to analys failure modes and their effects with hfmea. to classify failure modes; nursing errors in clinical management model, for cla...

Prescription drug misuse among older adults includes inappropriate and harmful use of these drugs. In this study, prescription drug misuse in assisted living settings as reported by direct care workers (DCWs) was examined. Data came from DCWs in 45 assisted living settings located in Pennsylvania. A total of 944 DCWs completed a questionnaire on their opinions of prescription drug misuse. DCWs ...