Earmark - Community-based Pharmacists as Counselors on Medication Management for Hispanic Elderly Medicare-Medicaid Consumers

Agency:		Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau:		Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Account:		Program management (75-0511)
Certifying Official:		Director, Division of Budget Formulation
Contact Information:		http://WWW.HHS.GOV 202-720-3210

Community-based Pharmacists as Counselors on Medication Management for Hispanic Elderly Medicare-Medicaid Consumers

1 recipient will receive $446,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

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Description: The objective of the project is to train pharmacists to counsel 300-450 elderly Medicare-Medicaid consumers in at least 30 community-based pharmacies so that these elderly consumers will have basic consumer knowledge and skills on home-based medication management to enhance treatment compliance and prevent medication error.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Puerto Rico Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly (114469708)	$446	Program Management	State Government	P.O. Box 191179 Old San Juan Station San Juan, PR
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Citation

Source: Appropriations Statute

Reference: Public Law 108-447

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Citation Excerpt: $450,000 is available for Puerto Rico's Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs for the Medication Error Prevention Pilot Program

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Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007