New Medicare Act gives high-risk seniors access to pharmacists' medicationtherapy management services

Bethesda, Md.--The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)endorses the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and ModernizationAct passed in late November. ASHP leaders say this legislation takes animportant step forward, adding prescription drug coverage to the Medicareprogram and giving high-risk elderly patients new access to vital medicationtherapy management services.