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Improving Medication Use to Achieve Health Equity Among CMS Beneficiaries

Award Number: 1W1CMS331889
ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS
OPDIV: CMS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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Improving Medication Use to Achieve Health Equity Among CMS Beneficiaries - The University of Hawai¿i Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy has become recognized as a leader in health services research and innovation in the state and nation, particularly in medication use and health disparities. Located in rural underserved Hawai¿i County (Hawai¿i Island or “Big Island”), the College is an ideal home for “Improving Medication Use to Achieve Health Equity among CMS beneficiaries” (I mua Health Equity). To help address health disparities, the College of Pharmacy was established at the University of Hawai¿i Hilo (UH Hilo) campus on the Big Island rather than the much larger Manoa campus in urban Honolulu on Oahu Island. UH Hilo, repeatedly ranked #1 in ethnic diversity among national universities, is a Minority Serving Institution – specifically, a Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution. The UH Hilo College of Pharmacy was one of only two pharmacy schools in the nation to receive a round one Health Care Innovation Award from the CMS Innovation Center. Our research from that award demonstrated improvements in quality of care, meaningful use of health IT, and return on investment in pharmacists with our “Pharm2Pharm” model and has been published in high impact journals, frequently cited, and presented at numerous conferences. Thus, we are well positioned to lead technology-enhanced medication use research focused on social determinants of health. The total budget is $388,880, with $333,325 in requested federal funding and $55,555 in proposed cost sharing to achieve the following goals, which are aligned with those of the CMS Minority Research Grant Program (MRGP): 1) Develop statewide infrastructure to support medication use health disparities research with a focus on social vulnerabilities (including funding for Hawaii Health Information Exchange to enhance existing infrastructure) 2) Test pharmacist-driven scalable interventions to address the root causes of medication use disparities among vulnerable populations (including salary support and fringe for the investigators and funding for the CPESN network of pharmacies to implement the interventions) 3) Disseminate models that reduce disparities and medication-related acute care among CMS beneficiaries (including funding for dissemination activites)


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	200 W KAWILI ST	HILO	HI	96720	HAWAII	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	01	1	11/21/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	200 W KAWILI ST	HILO	HI	96720	HAWAII	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	02	1	9/24/2024	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $333,325 )
2022	2022	University Of Hawaii Systems	200 W Kawili St	Hilo	HI	96720	HAWAII	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	00	1	9/29/2022	NEW	$333,325
														Subtotal = $333,325

Grand Total All Awards = $333,325

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Improving Medication Use to Achieve Health Equity Among CMS Beneficiaries

Award Number: 1W1CMS331889

ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS

OPDIV: CMS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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