Electronic prescribing resulted in greater generic and formulary drug use, according to Crystal Chang, PharmD, and colleagues at Blue Shield of California, San Francisco. It also led to an average cost savings of 17.3% for both the member and the payer.
More »Specialty formulary management strategies, ePrescribing, and unique formulary benefit designs top the list of critical initiatives at MCOs, according to Cynthia J. Pigg, RPh, MHA, executive director of the Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy. She discusses results from the Foundation’s 2009 Emerging Trends Survey.
More »Under new FDA rules going into effect this month, more patients will be able to access experimental drugs without taking part in clinical trials. The new rules are meant to clarify a formal process in place since 1987
More »I hear from my physician friends that the “hassle factor” to obtain health plan coverage of prescribed therapy is increasing exponentially and that many of them are thinking of retiring or cutting back their practices. That is my experience and reaction as well.
More »Health insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other major players in the US health care industry have promised that they will help stem the rate at which costs are rising by looking for ways to slice outlays by $2 trillion during the next decade. At a May 11 meeting with industry leaders, President Obama called the pledge “a watershed event.”
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