Impact of pharmacist care provision in value-based care settings: How are we measuring value-added services?

OBJECTIVES: To discuss the current state of measuring value-added services in emerging value-based payment practice models and their impact on the pharmacy profession. SUMMARY: Value-based care models require a focus on population health. In value-based care settings, providers are held accountable for risk that goes beyond the clinic encounter, and payment is tied to quality measures that reflect clinical and humanistic outcomes across the health care spectrum. This creates opportunities for pharmacist integration into value-based care settings through addressing gaps in care, optimizing medication use, and developing physician-pharmacist team-based care practice models. CONCLUSION: Scalable and sustainable pharmacist integration into value-based care settings should involve expansion of preventive care into the community. The need for measurement of the value added by pharmacy services is a priority.