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Community Impact - Medicare Part D
Approximately 75% of beneficiaries reduced their drug costs.
Beneficiaries saved an average of $1,070 per year on their drug costs.
Since 2007, Pacific's Medicare Part D Outreach Clinics have assisted 13,784 beneficiaries with their Medicare Part D drug plan, helping beneficiaries save an estimated total of $14.76 million.
224 events in 21 cities and 25 virtual events
55,734 hours volunteered by student pharmacists
9,635 beneficiaries received medication therapy management
6,857 vaccinations were administered
(Flu, COVID, RSV, pneumococcal, tdap Hepatitis B or shingles)
2,713 low-income beneficiaries served
“Thank you for doing this health fair! What a great community service. The students were very helpful and took their responsibilities seriously. They were patient and informative. I liked that I can ask a lot of questions about my medications and Medicare pharmacy coverage for next year.”
“You get a lot of individual attention from young people who have a lot of energy and know-how, and they have a mentor who can help them with anything that they don't know. This is actually meeting a need on both sides. It is making the pharmacist more capable of seeing the full humanity of the people they are serving and allowing the people they are serving to feel their humanity and to feel seen.”
21,014 medication-related issues were identified
885 severe drug-related problems were found and in response the patient's physician was contacted
1,431 beneficiaries were assisted in a language other than English
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Since 2007, 46,151 free health care screening/services were provided to beneficiaries.
1,806 Anemia
691 Anxiety
771 Asthma
13,209 Blood Pressure
5,378 Bone Density
6,908 Cholesterol
995 Depression
7,199 Diabetes
4,220 Falls Risk Assessment
2,000 Memory Decline
“All of the students that helped us were wonderful; very thoughtful and patient. The young lady that helped with us Medicare drug benefit was great. She took a lot of time educating and explaining things, and we got a new drug plan that will save us money.”
“Excellent service Pacific pharmacy students provide! Quite impressive. They did a thorough analysis of my mom's health conditions and medications. We also received excellent and helpful advice by the bone mineral density screening students.”
Support our students and communities by making a gift to the Pacific Medicare Part D Outreach Program Endowment Fund. This endowment was established to support and expand the Medicare program, student-centered class activities and Medicare outreach events. The endowment will help offset student travel costs to conferences to present their Medicare-related research and provide funding to support new health-related initiatives that are incorporated into the Medicare outreach events.
“This endowment will help ensure the long-term viability of our Medicare program and continued service to the community,” said Rajul A. Patel '01, '06, PharmD, PhD, professor of pharmacy practice.
For more information, contact Susan Webster at swebster@pacific.edu or 209.946.3116.
The reach of the program has been made possible by the support of many, including community partners, governmental agencies and pharmacist preceptors. Our Medicare Part D outreach program only partners with governmental agencies at our events to keep an objective, unbiased environment and to ensure the trust of those we serve.
