We enjoyed a shorter work week due to a holiday and meeting for our 4th and second to last week with MPhA.
Monday was spent gathering resources for the website updates. I’ve been gathering some useful links and billing information for MTM services. I’m not sure when the MPhA site will be officially updated with the new links, but hopefully you will find the info helpful when wading through unfamiliar ground and seeking payment for MTM visits. Gina has been working hard on cleaning up old links and providing some new and useful references for you all.
Tuesday offered us an opportunity to attend a seminar at the University. The UPlan health network along with the U of M sponsored the event and brought several MTM topics to a day-long discussion. The morning of the event included some background and statistical information, administrative info specific to the UPlan MTM benefit, and quality assurance. The afternoon session focused squarely on marketing and how to build a sustainable competitive advantage with any MTM-type service. There were also several practicing MTM pharmacists and managers present to share their success stories as well as the main challenges they have encountered in their practices. The day concluded with a group discussion and wrap-up. We are in the process of writing a couple articles for the journal to give you a glimpse into some of the discussion from the day.
Thursday found us attending our final class meeting for our 4th year of the PharmD program. With graduation approaching rapidly, we had one final gathering to discuss all of the steps we will need to take to complete this phase of our training. It was great to see everyone again. I will be thinking about all of my colleagues this week as the residency match results will be posted soon. I know it is a stressful time with job hunting, interviews and waiting!
One final entry next week and we are on to our final rotation block! Hope everyone is enjoying the start of spring in Minnesota.
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