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Home My WebLink About~Master - Addendum to Medication Therapy Management Services Agreement RESOLUTION NO. 16-034 RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDENDUM TO MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS,Outcomes is a pharmaceutical health care management organization contracted through the City of Ames to help ensure that employees and members of our health plans are receiving and using the most appropriate medications; and, WHEREAS,Outcomes provides incentive-based opportunities forpharmacies to implement best practice service and customer care,and these incentive-based services include: Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR), patient education and monitoring, over the counter consultation, prescriber consultation, underuse claims, and documenting cases when a patient or prescriber is offered to switch to a lower-cost drug, but decline the opportunity; and, WHEREAS, the current service agreement includes a service called underuse claims, and these claims are a two-touch service payable at a$20 provider fee(only members who have missed a fill); and, WHEREAS,Outcomes now offers a service that replaces underuse claims called,"adherence check-ins," and these are a one-touch, $10 service where a provider"checks in"with a member to address potential adherence concerns(members who have missed a fill and/or at risk to miss a fill); and, WHEREAS, check-ins is a proactive service which captures additional members, while at the same time being more convenient for the pharmacist. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Addendum to the Medication Therapy Management Services Agreement with Outcomes Incorporated is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 26`h day of January, 2016. A. av Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor JF Introduced by: Beatty-Hansen Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Betcher, Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26'day of January, 2016.