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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.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Phil Patrick	Marketing to Professionals: Senior-Care Specialists Surge In light of the growing senior population, pharmaceutical marketers are building partnerships with senior specialists.
Managed Care October 2001 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Pharmacists in Need The executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmaceutical Association says pharmacists are being inundated and need help...
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 Mike Mallett	Marketing to Professionals: Penetrate the Point of Purchase Leverage mystery shoppers, and improve patient compliance through local pharmacists.
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.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Ken Getz	Building Clinical Trial Awareness for Patients: Why Not Try the Pharmacist? The author explains how building a stakeholder outreach agenda around the community pharmacist can lead to a better outcome in managing the complex ins and outs of a trial protocol.
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...
Job Journal August 21, 2005 Julia Hollister	As America Ages, Pharmacists Flourish Demand for more druggists is swelling as baby boomers age. According to Department of Labor statistics, the outlook for employment is excellent and that trend is expected to continue for at least the next seven years.
Managed Care February 2008 Martin Sipkoff	Why Is It So Tough to Deliver On E-Prescribing's Promise? The push to mandate this electronic tool is increasing in intensity, but dealing with costs and coming up with standards remain obstacles
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?
Job Journal February 25, 2007	Career Snapshot: Pharmacy Technician The shortage of both pharmacists and pharmacist technicians is projected to get worse, meaning plenty of job opportunities.
Managed Care February 2001 T. Jeffrey White	Making Pharmacoeconomics In Formulary Development a Reality Despite what might be commonly believed, pharmacoeconomics is not a widely used tool for formulary development. Here's a model to follow...
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2013 William Looney	Recognizing the Best Getting patients to take their medicine on spec and on time is the challenge that never goes away; it's the deadweight baggage accompanying every industry innovation since the arrival of aspirin a century ago.
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 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.
Job Journal July 27, 2008 Julia Hollister	Pharmacy Careers: Filling the Needs of an Aging Nation America's aging population ensures long-term demand for pharmacy specialists.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 10, 2014	Obama Policies Reshape Pharma Marketing Health reform initiatives promote transparency, challenge reimbursement, writes Jill Wechsler.
Managed Care January 2008 Martin Sipkoff	Should Pharmacists Be Allowed To Vaccinate Their Patients? Although federal health agencies support the idea of having pharmacists administer vaccines to their patients, the roadblock continues to be a question of payment.
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...
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2013 Clark Herman	Adherence's New Players: Fresh Support from the Sidelines New stakeholders, innovative technologies, and emergent synergies in government are combining to build fresh momentum behind the old issue of medication adherence.
Managed Care June 2004 Jack McCain	P&T Committees in Position To Reduce Medication Errors Pharmacy & Therapeutics Society works with Institute of Medicine and Leapfrog Group to improve processes.
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 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 December 2001 MargaretAnn Cross	Increased Pressures Change P&T Committee Makeup Formulary committees once were stocked with academics and administrators. Today, primary care physicians, specialists, and retail pharmacists play a bigger role, and tomorrow's membership will be even more diverse...
Managed Care December 2004	Go West, Young Pharmacist The pharmacy profession continues to pay well, though where somebody practices has much to do with just how well, according to the 2004 Pharmacy Compensation Survey.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Lauri Mitchell	Who Pays for Specialty Medicines? Providers and patients fish for that delicate balance between access and abandonment.
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 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 August 2005 Michael S. Victoroff	When Personal and Professional Collide When a pharmacist - for personal beliefs - refuses to fill a prescription, the health plan should be very concerned.
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 March 2007	Use of Generics On the Rise Recent data indicate that generic medication accounts for nearly 60% of the drugs dispensed to people in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
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 August 1, 2005 Alana Klein	Marketing to Professionals: Penetrating P&T Health plan Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) committee members reveal what it takes to get a drug on their radar screen.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2013	Roundtable on Market Access Market Access is a window on what matters in the real world of soaring patient expectations and crimped payer budgets for innovation.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies
Managed Care February 2002 Joyce Ochs	E-Prescribing Gets More Enticing Physicians today are writing prescriptions for patients on palm-held devices that seem eerily akin to medical practice on the Starship Enterprise...
Managed Care March 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Introducing an ROI Model For Pharmacy Services The finance department and pharmacy are not speaking the same language. This model might just bridge that divide.
Inc. September 2007 Bobbie Gossage	How I Did It: Charles Hallberg, Founder and CEO, MemberHealth How Charles Hallberg turned a 13 person company into a $630 million business.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Rod Cavin	Forecasting Medicare: Price Controls in the Years Ahead Part D in 2010 will be under price and access pressure. Pharma should develop plans for the future by imagining best- and worst-case scenarios.
Managed Care June 2002 Jeffry R. Ellis	Third-Party Payers Don't Realize Burdens Placed on Pharmacists PBMs and HMOs, by imposing a workload that doesn't allow enough time for needed functions, seem to want pharmacists to fail, this author asserts.
Fast Company February 2003 Christine Canabou	Take the Cure Inside the world's largest, most advanced pharmacy.
Managed Care February 2002	Computer Glitch Blocks Too Many Prescriptions Pharmacists in Massachusetts were hopping mad when a new computer system designed to help process prescriptions for Medicaid enrollees malfunctioned during its launch...
Managed Care September 2007 Frank Diamond	Pay for Performance in Pharmacy Is More Theory Than Reality Even if the the goal of pay-for-performance pharmacy programs is unattainable in this country, working toward it might produce interesting experiments in cost efficiency.
Managed Care January 2008 Marcia Naveh	Lax Coding by Physicians Hurts Medicare Advantage Plans By assisting doctors, insurers can get all the payment that they are due, but that too often is lost.