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Payment for Faculty-Provided Patient Care Services

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AACP Workgroup on Payment for Faculty-Provided Patient Care Services

Advancing payment through education, advocacy, and partnerships

Background

The AACP Pharmacy Faculty Clinical Service Reimbursement Workgroup was originally formed as a Council of Deans Task Force in July 2024. Its initial charges focused on a comprehensive review of clinical faculty payment models, including an analysis of the 2022 patient care survey data that originated from the 2021-22 AACP Strategic Engagement Committee, and the creation of a new survey for pharmacy deans. The task force engaged with key experts in billing and compensation and successfully launched an updated survey to member institutions in late 2024. Building on these accomplishments, which included finalizing survey analysis and developing manuscripts for publication and presentation, the group recommended its elevation to an ongoing workgroup for the Academy. This decision was based on the recognition that the complexities and evolving nature of pharmacy practice faculty payment require a continuous, dedicated effort to advance advocacy, education, and resource development within the Academy. Efforts of this group will also align with and be supported by the AACP Transformation Center and the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative. 

Evergreen Charges
  1. Payer Engagement & Strategy: Cultivate strategic relationships with payers (e.g., commercial insurers, Medicaid, commercial Medicare Advantage partners) and relevant stakeholders, including health system executives and healthcare improvement companies (e.g., Vizient), to understand their priorities and the value of  pharmacist-provided patient care services. This may include developing resources, engaging in listening sessions, and conducting pilot studies to identify and promote innovative payment models for pharmacist-provided care.
  2. Advocacy & Education: Serve as the primary advocate for the payment of patient care provided by pharmacy faculty by developing and disseminating consistent, yet flexible, educational resources and talking points for deans, chairs, faculty, staff, and students. This also includes strengthening relationships with state-level partners and national organizations to advance supportive legislation and policy.
  3. Resource Development & Knowledge Exchange: Establish and maintain a dynamic resource hub that provides guidance on pharmacist-provided patient care faculty payment and reimbursement models. This may include creating a living repository of successful practices, FAQs, and a consultant or coaching model to facilitate knowledge exchange and support individual colleges and schools in developing their own strategies. 
2025-2027 Workgroup Goals
Payer Engagement & Strategy:
  1. Conduct "Listening Sessions": Organize and host at least three virtual listening sessions or focus groups with key representatives from diverse payer types (e.g., Medicare Advantage, commercial, self-insured). The goal is to identify their top priorities and barriers to reimbursing pharmacist services.
  2. Launch a Pilot Program: Partner with one member institution to design and implement a pilot study to test a novel payment or care coordination model identified in the listening sessions, with a clear plan for data collection and outcome measurement.
Advocacy & Partnerships
  1. Create Consistent Messaging: Develop and publish a core set of advocacy talking points and other resources that can be utilized by academic pharmacy leaders to discuss the value of patient care services provided by pharmacy faculty with policymakers and other stakeholders.
  2. Develop Payer-Focused Resources: Create a suite of resources (e.g., a "Payer Toolkit" or a series of case studies) that distills the findings from the payer listening sessions and provides evidence-based talking points for academic pharmacy leaders when engaging with payers, legislators, and other stakeholders.
  3. Partner with National Stakeholders: Collaborate with at least one national partner organization (e.g., ASHP, APhA, NCPA or NASPA) to disseminate the Workgroup's findings and/or on a collaborative project.
Resource Development & Knowledge Exchange
  1. Launch a Digital Resource Hub: Create a dedicated section on the AACP website that serves as a living repository of the Workgroup's findings, best practice examples of faculty contracting, and a comprehensive FAQ based on common questions from the Academy.
  2. Enhance AACP's Mentorship Program: Integrate specific content on pharmacist-provided patient care service compensation strategies for faculty into the existing AACP CEO Dean Mentorship Program, and explore the consultancy model for broader implementation.
  3. Facilitate Peer-to-Peer Exchange: Establish a formal, volunteer-driven "coaching" or "consultant" resource for member institutions to provide one-on-one guidance on developing and expanding pharmacist-provided patient care service compensation strategies using published findings and impact form the workgroup. 

Publications & Resources

2025 Council of Deans (COD) Payment of Clinical Faculty Services Taskforce Final Report

J.G. Gums, C.P. Henchey, T.C. Dowling, et al., "National Assessment of Reimbursement Models for Clinical Faculty Services in Academic Pharmacy Practice," Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 8, no. 12 (2025): 1226-1232, https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.70134.