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Managed Care May 2003 Wayne Miller	Higher Drug Copays Now Might Cause Problems Later The long-term impact of noncompliance must be considered before copayments are increased. This is especially true where chronic conditions are concerned.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Ben Comer	Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy.
Managed Care October 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Asheville's Legacy: Pharmacy Moves From Dispensing to Clinical Management It is an idea whose time has finally come: Today's clinical pharmacists are involved in virtually all aspects of medical care.
CIO September 26, 2013 Stephanie Overby	Big Data Project Cuts Prescription Costs Express Scripts analytics portal helps doctors prescribe more cost-effective medicines.
Managed Care January 2008 Thomas Kaye	Now Is the Time for Pharmacy Performance Incentives We've made strides in increasing the transparency of pricing in the pharmacy supply chain, and now we need to change dispensing behavior.
Managed Care July 2005 Tony Berberabe	Change in Thinking For Pharmacy Benefits in CDHP The difference between the pharmacy benefit in a consumer-directed health plan and a traditional health plan is greater generic drug utilization.
Managed Care December 2003 Tony Berberabe	Why Do FEHBP and Big Unions Excel at Managing Drug Costs? Pharmacy benefit managers can do only so much to keep drug price increases in the single digits. Initiatives instituted by health plans can help in this effort.
American Family Physician January 15, 2007 Pollock et al.	Appropriate Prescribing of Medications: An Eight-Step Approach These eight steps, along with ongoing self-directed learning, compose a systematic approach to prescribing that is efficient and practical for the family physician.
Managed Care June 2007	Docs Don't Exploit Electronic Prescribing While physicians were positive about the basic features of e-prescribing, products often lacked advanced features, or if they had them, physicians often did not use them because of implementation hurdles or their perceptions that the features did not add value.
Managed Care June 2004	Use of Attention-Deficit Medications Surges 369 Percent in Children Under 5 ADHD medication spending for pediatric patients outpaces antibiotics, allergy, and asthma treatments.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2011 William Looney	The Medicines Adherence Challenge Keeping skittish patients on their medicines ought to be a strategic priority for Big Pharma, but is it? An expert round table examines how best to make progress and agree on some practical steps for incorporation in the campaign agenda.
Managed Care August 2004 Alan Lotvin	Specialty Pharmacy Presents Unique Set of Challenges Only a small percent of a typical health plan's population takes medicine for conditions outside the generalist's scope. But it's a big portion of the drug bill.
Managed Care March 2008	Drug Caps Lower Spending, but .... These policies tend to make consumers shoulder some of the cost of prescriptions and the cost could be a barrier to medication adherence.
Fast Company February 2003 Christine Canabou	Take the Cure Inside the world's largest, most advanced pharmacy.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler	The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout?
Managed Care May 2004 Thomas G. Dolan	Pharmacist Care An Idea Whose Time Is Still Coming For more than a decade, it has seemed this idea would catch fire. But many insurers are still looking for evidence that it can reduce overall costs.
Managed Care April 2002 Rhonda Greenapple	HMOs Have Stake in Quelling Anger at Drug Store Counters Dissatisfied customers have a tendency to lash out and not be very discriminating about their targets. Prescription: Reduce the hassle...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 George Koroneos	Hard of (Ad)hering Companies have responded to declining profits with a proliferation of patient compliance programs. But where is pharma in this paradigm shift?
Managed Care September 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Mail Order Pharmacy Saves Money, Says PCMA, but at What Cost? The savings to consumers and employers are apparent, but are health plans left holding the bag in mail-order pharmacy?
Managed Care October 2003	Medco Health Solutions tops consumer survey The 2003 WilsonRx Survey reports that patients have identified Medco Health Solutions as the top pharmacy benefit manager for the third year in a row.
Managed Care March 2000 Tim Sawyers	Test Prospective PBM Before Signing Contract How to select, then monitor a pharmacy benefit management company, from a consultant and former HMO director of pharmacy services.
Nurse Practitioner April 2009 Tamara Zurakowski	The practicalities and pitfalls of polypharmacy A working knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of aging and basic pharmacodynamics of medications in the older adult is needed to appropriately care for elders.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2010 Dayana Yochim	6 Ways to Score Cheap(er) Drugs Stop overpaying for the pills you have to pop with these simple ways to trim your prescription-drug tab.
Managed Care May 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Medication Therapy Management May Finally Enter the Mainstream Pharmacies can now take advantage of CPT codes to bill insurers for direct patient care. Will private payers follow Medicare in offering this service?
Managed Care February 2001 Christopher M. Dezii	Persistence With Drug Therapy A practical approach using administrative claims data...
Managed Care June 2003 Joyce Ochs, MBA	Bar Coding: Old Technology To the Rescue Grocery stores and the nonpharmaceutical parts of drug stores have been using bar codes for years. Now retail and hospital pharmacies will use the technology to save lives.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010	Pharmacies are Our Friends An underutilized sales resource, pharmacies and their staffs can help lead to improved scrip fulfillment and increased business.
American Family Physician September 1, 2006 Gardiner & Dvorkin	Promoting Medication Adherence in Children The problem of getting children to follow a treatment regimen is widespread and is frustrating for physicians. Having the child participate in devising the plan improves adherence.
Managed Care April 2002 Paula Sirois	HMOs Should Prepare Now To Get Handle on Injectables With more than 360 biotech products in the pipeline, high-cost injectable drugs are about to flood the market. How will we control the expenditure?
Managed Care September 2007	Income Said To Influence Use of Generics An observational analysis of pharmacy claims collected from 2001 to 2003 finds that where a person lives and the socioeconomic implications of that location have a lot do with his use of generic drugs.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	An Untouched Market Waiting to Be Captured Unfilled prescriptions are a potential boon to drug companies.
Managed Care September 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Specialty Pharmacy Grows As Cost-Control Option As the population ages, specialty pharmacy is becoming a unique, profitable, and invaluable delivery system. Plans are increasingly turning to specialty pharmacies to provide the expertise they lack.
Managed Care April 2001 Jack McCain	System Helps P&T Committees Get Pharmacoeconomic Data They Need The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is testing a plan to have drugmakers submit evidence-based outcomes analyses when seeking formulary inclusion...
Managed Care December 2006	The Formulary Files Four core strategies are used to manage outpatient specialty pharmacy costs.
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CIO August 1, 2002 Stephanie Overby	Rx for Chicken Scratch Poor physician penmanship is the butt of many jokes, but illegible prescriptions are no laughing matter. Some pharmacies are starting to use electronic systems to accept prescriptions from doctors electronically via PC, PDA, or cell phone, thus ensuring accurate prescription filling.
Managed Care December 2001	Errors Traced To Counters of Pharmacists One place where patient ignorance often goes unaddressed is at the pharmacy counter, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Managed Care March 2008 John Carroll	Should Plans Pay Physicians To Switch Patients to Generics? The AMA calls it a kickback, but the industry sees it as just good practice to give doctors an incentive to get patients on equivalent generics
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2007 Bill Chekan	Ain't Misbehavin' Missing doses and other medication meddling are often no accident. A new study of patient compliance uncovers methods to the madness.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Charlene Prounis	Marketing to Professionals: Doctor-Patient Communication Improving doctor-patient relations can lead to increased patient compliance.
Managed Care May 2002	Study: Mail Order Pharmacy Keeps Growing in Popularity The tech-savvy may denigrate it as "snail mail," but patients see value in reaching into their mailboxes for pharmaceuticals
Managed Care May 2002	Medication Labels May Soon Include Unique Bar Codes The Food and Drug Administration is expected to unveil regulations this summer that, if implemented, will require bar codes unique to a specific medication and its strength on all prescription drug labels. The agency's proposal is designed to help reduce medication errors
Managed Care January 2008 John Carroll	Plans Look Askance at Me-Too Medications Tougher standards being applied by insurers spur debate about what constitutes true value in a new drug.
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Managed Care August 2001 Patrick Mullen	The Expanding Role of Pharmacists Lobbying in Washington, monitoring state legislation and generally looking out for the interests of pharmacy programs run by health care plans and pharmacy benefit managers, Judith Cahill leads the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at an exciting, critical time...