HealthCare partners overhauls its injectable drug management program.
With pharmacy costs rising nationally 8% to 15% annually and the cost of injectables rising at an even higher 15% to 25% clip, HealthCare Partners is looking for ways to improve its injectables authorization process, develop a more effective evaluation method for its therapeutic guidelines, and better integrate its utilization management information system with billing.
D002140:California; D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007267:Injections