Blood Pressure First Medication Therapy Management

Evaluation of the Impact of Self-insured Employer Implementation of an Innovative Care Model Utilizing Pharmacist-delivered MTM Services for Health Plan Beneficiaries With High Blood Pressure

The primary objective of this project is to improve the health status of participants through pharmacist-delivered blood pressure control programs that demonstrate value to employers and justify adoption, sustainability and scalability of these programs.

Univariate comparisons of the baseline/pre-intervention outcomes to the post-intervention outcomes will be performed on outcomes in order to determine how the intervention affects each. For continuous outcomes data the univariate comparisons of the pre-treatment and post-intervention outcomes will be performed using related samples t-test comparisons. For categorical outcomes data, comparisons of pre-intervention to post-intervention time frames will be performed using McNemar tests.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All health plan beneficiaries 18 years-of-age and older
• Have filled at least one blood pressure medication in the last three months,
• Have a known hypertension diagnosis or have an uncontrolled blood pressure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not an adult
• Not a health plan beneficiary of the self-insured employer
• Not ambulatory and able to work or participate in care visits