Mississippi Medicaid program targets drug therapy compliance.
Can pharmacists serving as disease management and drug therapy counselors to patients help reduce Medicaid costs? Program administrators hope so as they launch a new effort in which pharmacists serve as providers of disease management services and are paid for having counseling sessions with recipients.
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