MTM Study Guide 2026
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📋 MTM Exam Format at a Glance
📚 MTM Topics to Study (63)
✍️ Sample MTM Questions & Answers
1. Which pharmacist intervention is most effective in reducing polypharmacy-related harm in older adults?
Comprehensive medication reviews with targeted deprescribing reduce adverse drug events, hospitalizations, and medication burden in geriatric patients.
2. Numeracy as a component of health literacy refers to a patient's ability to:
Health numeracy involves interpreting numbers in medical contexts, such as dosing intervals, blood glucose targets, and percentage-based risk information.
3. A pharmacist completes an MTM encounter and must choose between CPT codes 99605 and 99607. The distinction between these codes is based on:
99605 is for new MTM patients (up to 15 min), 99606 for established patients (up to 15 min additional), and 99607 for each additional 15 minutes beyond the initial service.
4. A CMS audit reveals that a Part D plan sponsor's MTM program enrolled patients who did not meet the required number of chronic conditions. This constitutes:
Enrolling ineligible beneficiaries in MTM and billing for services violates CMS requirements and constitutes potential fraud and abuse subject to civil monetary penalties.
5. A HEDIS measure reports a 'rate' of 72% for comprehensive diabetes care – eye exam. This percentage represents:
HEDIS rates express the proportion of eligible members who received the specified service within the measurement period.
6. Which metric is MOST directly tied to the effectiveness of pharmacist-led MTM during care transitions in reducing hospital readmissions?
The 30-day all-cause readmission rate is the most widely used outcome metric for evaluating transition-of-care programs, including MTM, as it directly measures whether interventions prevented return hospitalizations.