Table 2.
Proportions Meeting Eligibility Criteria for Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services across Racial and Ethnic Groups
| Analyses | Combinations of MTM Eligibility Criteria |
Whites | Blacks | Hispanics | Racial Disparities |
Ethnic Disparities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 MTM Eligibility Thresholds under MMA (Drug Cost Threshold=$4,000) | ||||||
| Main analysis | 8 drugs & 3 conditions | 15.6% | 13.8% | 13.5% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Sensitivity 1 | 2 drugs & 2 conditions | 16.6% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Sensitivity 2 | 2 drugs & 3 conditions | 16.4% | 14.7% | 14.4% | 1.7% | 2.0% |
| Sensitivity 3 | 2 drugs & 5 conditions | 15.1% | 13.6% | 13.2% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Sensitivity 4 | 6 drugs & 2 conditions | 16.4% | 14.6% | 14.3% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Sensitivity 5 | 6 drugs & 3 conditions | 16.2% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 1.7% | 2.0% |
| Sensitivity 6 | 6 drugs & 5 conditions | 15.0% | 13.4% | 13.0% | 1.6% | 2.0% |
| Sensitivity 7 | 8 drugs & 2 conditions | 15.7% | 13.8% | 13.7% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Sensitivity 8 | 8 drugs & 5 conditions | 14.5% | 12.9% | 12.6% | 1.6% | 1.9% |
| Sensitivity 9 | 15 drugs & 2 conditions | 8.8% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Sensitivity 10 | 15 drugs & 3 conditions | 8.8% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Sensitivity 11 | 15 drugs & 5 conditions | 8.6% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| 2013 MTM Eligibility Thresholds under MMA (Drug Cost Threshold=$3,144.25) | ||||||
| Main analysis | 8 drugs & 3 conditions | 26.5% | 23.3% | 23.5% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Sensitivity 1 | 2 drugs & 2 conditions | 29.2% | 26.0% | 26.1% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Sensitivity 2 | 2 drugs & 3 conditions | 28.8% | 25.8% | 25.8% | 3.0% | 3.0% |
| Sensitivity 3 | 8 drugs & 2 conditions | 26.7% | 23.4% | 23.7% | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| Proposed 2015 MTM Eligibility Thresholds under MMA (Drug Cost Threshold=$620) | ||||||
| Main analysis | 2 drugs & 2 conditions | 78.3% | 75.0% | 73.7% | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| MTM Eligibility Criteria under ACA | ||||||
| Main analysis | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
Whites: Non-Hispanic Whites; Blacks: Non-Hispanic Blacks; MMA: Medicare Modernization Act; ACA: Affordable Care Act
*P < 0.05 for the difference between non-Hispanic Whites and minorities for all analyses.