Successful formulary system management can help ACOs achieve high quality, low cost objectives across the care continuum. This article targets healthcare leaders choosing to participate in the ...

With appreciation for feedback from Mark Fendrick, Director of the Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) Center at the University of Michigan, and Daneen Seekoni, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy ...

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, discussed how biosimilars can play a role in formulary management as well as the main takeaways of her presentations at the Newport Beach Institute for ...

The formulary management process was applied to help prevent ACPS. Specifically, amitriptyline prescribing was restricted to the psychiatry service, and a therapeutic interchange policy was developed ...

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, spoke about how she views formulary management as a team approach. Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, director of system pharmacy formulary management and ...

A formulary submission tool has been updated to enable payers to get access to drugs' product information before they are approved in order to make decisions faster. The Food and Drug Administration ...

Health systems’ pharmaceutical spending is expected to rise by up to 6 percent in 2019, according to a study published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. For these organizations — ...

John McManus, 65, of Rockville, Maryland, speaks with a Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program outreach consultant, left, about the Medicare Part D drug subsidy program. Photographer: Stephen ...

Medical Care, Vol. 43, No. 7, Supplement: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in US Healthcare Decision-Making Where Is It Going? (Jul., 2005), pp. II20-II26 (7 pages) The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ...

The Defense Health Agency (DHA), which manages the TRICARE health care benefits, has issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding inpatient-clinic administered pharmaceuticals formulary management ...

David F. Lehmann, M.D., Pharm.D.; Roy Guharoy, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FCCP, FASHP; Nancy Page, M.S., APRN, BC; Karen Hirschman, B.S., R.N., BC; Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Ph.D ...