This file includes beneficiary-level information for participants in the Part D Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program, required of CMS Part D plans. Eligible beneficiaries include those enrolled in Part D plans with multiple chronic disease, those taking multiple Part D drugs and those likely to have expenditures exceeding a specified level as described by federal regulations.
What does this file include? (variable highlights)
- Whether beneficiary met target criteria
- Long term care residence
- Number of drug-therapy recommendations made
- Number of drug-therapy problems resolved
- Linking variable
Why do researchers request this file?
- Assess the effect of medication management on prescribing patterns and clinical outcome
- Identify cost of illness impact of the Part D MTM program
Special considerations
- All beneficiaries in the file were enrolled in MTM at some point during the year. Not everyone in file received MTM services.