id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-308968-m4pzsfkd Mercadante, Amanda R. Choosing Evolution over Extinction: Integrating Direct Patient Care Services and Value-Based Payment Models into the Community-Based Pharmacy Setting 2020-07-24 .txt text/plain 6370 296 45 title: Choosing Evolution over Extinction: Integrating Direct Patient Care Services and Value-Based Payment Models into the Community-Based Pharmacy Setting The American healthcare payment model introduced Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) into a position of power that currently puts into question the state of the pharmacy profession, especially in the community field. Four collaborative payment models have been proposed, offering methods to quell the monetary problems that exist and are predicted to continue with the closure of community pharmacies and sustained influence of PBMs. These models may additionally allow the expansion of pharmacy career paths and improve healthcare benefits for patients. A pharmacy network model could be implemented to connect pharmacists with a variety of clinical services (that are not provided in the community pharmacies) directly to the patients in need. Community pharmacy networks (i.e., CPESN) and companies currently exist that provide services for either patients or healthcare systems such as MTM or medication risk mitigation management, but their focus is on specific services or locations. ./cache/cord-308968-m4pzsfkd.txt ./txt/cord-308968-m4pzsfkd.txt