Medication Adherence Star Rating Measures, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Cost

By: Insiya B. Poonawalla, Linda Chung, Sarah Shetler, Heather Pearch, Suzanne W. Dixon, and Patrick Racsa

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For patients prescribed diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia medications, nonadherence to CMS Star Ratings quality measures of medication adherence was associated with increased health care resource utilization and costs.

Read article: American Journal of Managed Care

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