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Managed Care January 2005	Generic Prescription Fill Rates Vary Widely Across the Country Use of generic medications continues to increase, but the generic fill rate varies widely across the country, with possible explanations including variations in prescribing patterns, state regulations, etc.
Managed Care January 2008	Utilization Slowed by Switch From Copayment to Coinsurance Switching from a copayment benefit design to a coinsurance benefit design slowed the growth of total per-member per-month (PMPM) expenditures for all drug classes but did not have a significant effect on overall PMPM utilization.
Managed Care November 2006	The Formulary Files Step therapy for antidepressants saves 11.7 percent in one year.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Tim Beyers	Will Lawsuit Hurt Express Scripts? Although investors seem to be over the initial jitters arising from Express Scripts' problems, the stock is still down more than 12% since New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit accusing the pharmacy benefits manager of fraud.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Brian Orelli	Express Scripts Gets More Generic Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts may not have grown the top line by much in the second quarter, but using more generic drugs had a positive effect on the bottom line.
Managed Care July 2002 Thomas Kaye	Managing the Drug Benefit: One Company's Experience The pharmacy director of Blue Cross of Oklahoma shares his company's success with using three tiers and coinsurance to promote member responsibility.
Managed Care January 2001	Express Scripts' Formulary Rulings To Go Online The public will have a chance to see what until now has been, mostly, understood only by managed care insiders: how a prescription drug winds up on a formulary...
Managed Care May 2001	Old Ideas About Formulary Structure Gone as Humana Tests 4-Tier Model Humana is phasing in a four-tier formulary that categorizes prescription drugs by costs, rather than generic or brand status. The higher the drug's acquisition cost -- regardless of whether it's a branded or generic product -- the higher the tier it lands in...
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Managed Care November 2004	Tiered Formularies Open the Potential for Lack of Access to Needed Drugs Tiered formularies that have additional incentives for preferred medications could create the potential for therapeutic compromises.
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Managed Care January 2004	Increasing drug copayments deter compliance Raising copayments in tiered prescription drug plans increases the likelihood that patients will stop taking prescribed medications, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Good Business Model for Bad Times Some businesses benefit when people are hurting. It's a beautiful time to be a pharmacy benefit manager, since that business model essentially results in them making more money when their customers save money.
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Managed Care August 2007	Incentive Formularies Have Minimal Effect A brief look at the effect of changes in drug benefit design on pharmaceutical use and spending.
Managed Care August 2005 Abourjaily et al.	Evaluating the Nondrug Costs of Formulary Coverage Restrictions Substantial nondrug costs result from switching prescribed medications in response to changes in insurance coverage, and many non-reimbursed costs shift to providers and patients.
CRM February 2014 Robert Wollan	Surviving and Thriving in a Switching Economy The $1.3 trillion "switching economy" is comprised of dissatisfied customers who are continually looking for new providers that can better address their changing needs. Here are five tips for retaining customers.
Managed Care August 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Bad Tiered Formulary Designs Yield Poor Outcomes, High Cost Now that tiered formularies rule the land, what many suspected is being demonstrated: Compliance is suffering and so, too, are patients.
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Managed Care November 2004 Tony Berberabe	Military Brings Order To Formulary System Congress told the Department of Defense to create a uniform formulary for all the services, and cover all FDA-approved drugs.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 3, 2014 Mason Tenaglia	The New Metrics of Market Success Profitability now depends on metrics to help companies answer a key strategic question: "stay the course" with more investment in sales and marketing? Or "stand down" and deploy those scarce assets somewhere else?
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The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Tom Taulli	In the Express Scripts Lane Express Scripts' strong results bring a much-needed lift to health-care investors.
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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.
Managed Care March 2000	Three-tier drug copayments in; closed formularies on way out?
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CIO September 26, 2013 Stephanie Overby	Big Data Project Cuts Prescription Costs Express Scripts analytics portal helps doctors prescribe more cost-effective medicines.
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Managed Care February 2002 Bob Carlson	Proposal To Regulate Formularies Draws Sharp Difference of Opinion The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has spent two years developing a model. Drug companies like it; health plans don't...
Managed Care October 2004 Arthur Lazarus	Formulary Restrictions Sometimes Harm Patients Much more research is needed to determine the full effect of drug benefit designs. Quality must be the foremost concern.
Managed Care March 2007 Louis W. Hutchison	Unable to Carry Cost Burden, Payers Seek Other Remedies The pharmacy benefit landscape of today is all but unrecognizable from its predecessor of just a decade ago. Blending an approach that uses education, reward, and penalty can rein in runaway health care costs
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Express Scripts Overdue for a Pause This pharmacy benefits manager is posting very good growth and has room for improvement, but what about the stock price?
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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.
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Managed Care February 2007	Study: Copayments do Affect Compliance Managed care decision makers have a powerful tool that affects patient compliance with antihypertensive medications - the copayment level.
Managed Care September 2005	Plans Continue to Raise Copayments Insurers and employers are passing more and more health care costs along to members. But how much have pharmacy copayments risen?