A successful field-based pharmacy program.
Once physicians are aware of the trends and of how pharmacy utilization methods such as therapeutic interchange and formulary management can control costs, they are better able and more willing to provide patients with effective, lower-cost treatment. As the majority of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) today stress quality in addition to greater cost efficiencies, quantitative results defining quality and highlighting improved compliance and increased patient knowledge should also be initiated by PBMs. The author describes a pilot field-based pharmacy program, which indicates that active intervention and cooperation between the medical group and pharmacy benefit manager works.
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Prescription Solutions, Cypress, CA 90630.
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