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Medication Therapy Management programs

Working to ensure the safety and effectiveness of your medications

Working to ensure the safety and effectiveness of your medications

Our Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program helps you and your doctor manage your medications. 

 

If you qualify for the program, a pharmacist will review your medications and talk with you about: 

 

  • How to get the most benefit from the drugs you take 

  • Any side effects or reactions 

  • Any questions or concerns you have 

  • Options that may help you save money 

 

We automatically enroll members in our MTM programs, if you qualify. Participation is voluntary. You can leave the program at any time. 

What does it cost?

There’s no added cost to be in our program.

You qualify for our MTM program if you:

 

  1. Have three or more of these conditions:
    • Osteoporosis
    • Chronic heart failure (CHF)
    • Diabetes
    • Dyslipidemia
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    • At-risk beneficiaries (ARBs) under a Drug Management Program (DMP)
  2. Are likely to spend more than $4,696 in 2022 on prescription drug costs (includes amounts paid by both you and the plan)
  3. Take eight or more maintenance medications that are covered by your Medicare Part D plan

If you meet all of these criteria, we'll mail you a letter confirming your enrollment in our MTM program. You'll also get a call from us.

 

Outcomes MTM is partnered with Aetna, Allina Health, Silverscript.

 

To leave the program, just call our MTM representatives at 1-855-905-4689 (TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CT.

 

See a sample 2022 MTM enrollment letter - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2022 MTM enrollment letter - Spanish (PDF)

You qualify for our MTM program if you:

 

  1. Have three or more of these conditions:
    • Osteoporosis
    • Chronic heart failure (CHF)
    • Diabetes
    • Dyslipidemia
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    • At-risk beneficiaries (ARBs) under a Drug Management Program (DMP)
  2. Are likely to spend more than $4,935 in 2023 on prescription drug costs (includes amounts paid by both you and the plan)
  3. Take eight or more maintenance medications that are covered by your Medicare Part D plan

If you meet all of these criteria, we'll mail you a letter confirming your enrollment in our MTM program. You'll also get a call from us.

 

Outcomes MTM is partnered with Aetna, Allina Health, Silverscript.

 

To leave the program, just call our MTM representatives at 1-855-905-4689 (TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT.

 

See a sample 2023 MTM enrollment letter - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2023 MTM enrollment letter - Spanish (PDF)

Once in the program, you’re offered a comprehensive medication review. It includes several steps:

 

  1. A health care provider reviews all of your medications to see if there are any drug therapy issues.

  2. If needed, a healt care provider will work with your doctor to resolve any drug therapy issues.

  3. The health care provider will talk with you over the phone or in person at your local pharmacy. They’ll review your current medications (both prescription and over-the-counter) and your medical conditions. This will take about 30 minutes.

  4. The health care provider will give you a medication list and an recommendation to do list to help you manage your medications. Be sure to share this information with your doctor.

 

Information for Safe Medication Disposal

 

Medications that are safe for you may be harmful to someone else. Unused and expired medications should be disposed of as soon as possible. You can discard your unused, unwanted, or expired medications through a community safe disposal program or at home for certain medications.

 

Locating a community safe drug disposal site

 

The best way to safely dispose of medications is at a drug take back site. To find drug take back sites nearest you, visit the website below and enter your location:

 

https://apps2.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubdispsearch/spring/main?execution=e2s1

 

You can also call your pharmacy or local law enforcement (non-emergency number) for a safe medication disposal site near you. Some pharmacies offer on-site medicine drop-off boxes, mail-back programs, and other ways to help you safely dispose of your unused medications.

 

Mailing medications to accepting drug disposal sites

 

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration allows prescription medications to be mailed back to select pharmacies or authorized sites using approved packages. Information on these sites can be found at www.deatakeback.com

 

Safe at-home medication disposal

 

You can safely dispose of many medications at home through household trash or by flushing them down the toilet. To determine best way to dispose of your medication(s), please visit the following website:

 

https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/prevention/safely-dispose-drugs/index.html

 

If you are disposing medications in household trash, follow these recommendations

  • Remove medication labels to protect your personal information
  • Mix medications with undesirable substances, such as dirt or used coffee grounds
  • Place mixture in a sealed container, such as an empty margarine tub

 

See a sample 2022 medication list - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2022 medication list - Spanish (PDF)

 

See a sample 2022 - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2022 - Spanish (PDF)

 

We’ll review your medications at least once every three months. After each review, we may send suggestions to your doctor about prescriptions that may be safer or a better alternative. As always, your doctor will decide whether to consider our suggestions. Your prescription drugs won’t change unless you and your doctor decide to change them. We may also contact you with suggestions about your medications.

 

MTM programs are not considered benefits.

Once in the program, you’re offered a comprehensive medication review. It includes several steps:

 

  1. A pharmacist reviews all of your medications to see if there are any drug therapy issues.

  2. If needed, a pharmacist will work with your doctor to resolve any drug therapy issues.

  3. The pharmacist will talk with you over the phone or in person at your local pharmacy. They’ll review your current medications (both prescription and over-the-counter) and your medical conditions. This will take about 30 minutes.

  4. The pharmacist will give you a medication list and an recommendation to do list to help you manage your medications. Be sure to share this information with your doctor.

 

See a sample 2023 medication list - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2023 medication list - Spanish (PDF)

 

See a sample 2023 - English (PDF)

 

See a sample 2023 - Spanish (PDF)

 

We’ll review your medications at least once every three months. After each review, we may send suggestions to your doctor about prescriptions that may be safer or a better alternative. As always, your doctor will decide whether to consider our suggestions. Your prescription drugs won’t change unless you and your doctor decide to change them.

 

MTM programs are not considered benefits.

Disclaimers

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Aetna Medicare is a PDP, HMO, PPO plan with a Medicare contract. Our SNPs also have contracts with State Medicaid programs. Enrollment in our plans depends on contract renewal.

 

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See Evidence of Coverage for a complete description of benefits, exclusions, limitations and conditions of coverage. Plan features and availability may vary by service area.

This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, premium and/or copayments/coinsurance may change on January 1 of each year.

Aetna Medicare’s pharmacy network offers limited access to pharmacies with preferred cost sharing in: Suburban New York; and Rural Maine, Utah and Wyoming. The lower costs advertised in our plan materials for these pharmacies may not be available at the pharmacy you use. For up-to-date information about our network pharmacies, including pharmacies with preferred cost sharing, members please call the number on your ID card, non-members please call

1-855-338-7027 (TTY: 711) or consult the online pharmacy directory at http://www.aetnamedicare.com/pharmacyhelp

This material is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Health information programs provide general health information and are not a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a physician or other health care professional. Contact a health care professional with any questions or concerns about specific health care needs.

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