Pharmacist-led Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) improves gaps in care closure and reimbursement from health plans in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Class of 2022 Abstract, Report and PosterSpecific Aims: Compare the gaps in care addressed and/or closed per patient following a clinical pharmacist led AWV and primary care provider led AWV. Methods: Sun Life employees collected data from the electronic health records (EHR) and the health plan lists. The clinical pharmacy team reviewed their health plan’s participant list and scheduled those patients for a visit with either the provider or clinical pharmacist. Clinical pharmacists and medical assistants addressed and/or closed gaps in care and updated a spreadsheet with the outcome of the visit. Results: Total random sample size was 100 patients for this project with 50 patients for both the pharmacist and primary care provider groups (PCP). 92% gaps in care were addressed by the pharmacist group, while 66% gaps in care were addressed by the PCP group. The average number of interventions addressed was 0.82 (SD = 0.93) interventions in the PCP group and f 1.34 (SD = 1.66) interventions in the pharmacist led group, this difference was significant (p = 0.0283). Overall, AWV performed by the pharmacist group led to a higher percentage of gaps addressed in comparison to the PCP group. Conclusions: Pharmacist led annual wellness visits addressed more gaps in care compared to PCP led annual wellness visits.This item is part of the Pharmacy Student Research Projects collection, made available by the College of Pharmacy and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact Jennifer Martin, Librarian and Clinical Instructor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, jenmartin@email.arizona.edu