Pharmacy Benefits Management
Title | Pharmacy Benefits Management PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Managed care plans (Medical care) |
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Title | Pharmacy Benefit Managers PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Drugs |
ISBN |
Pharmacy Benefits
Title | Pharmacy Benefits PDF eBook |
Author | F. Randy Vogenberg |
Publisher | International Foundation of Employee benefit |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780891546962 |
Pharmaceuticals have become an integral component of medical treatment, with some medications completely transforming health care outcomes and delivery. Drug therapy has been proven to reduce health care costs, increase productivity and enhance the quality of life for many people. When was the last time you examined the prescription drug component of your health care benefits? This primer offers factors to consider when designing or modifying pharmacy benefits, including the pros and cons of carving benefits into a health plan as well as carving them out as a separate prescription drug plan. A practical checklist is provided in almost every chapter to help you focus on important issues, including what questions to ask potential vendors.
Making Medicines Affordable
Title | Making Medicines Affordable PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2018-03-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309468086 |
Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
Pharmacy Benefits Management
Title | Pharmacy Benefits Management PDF eBook |
Author | Norrie Thomas |
Publisher | International Foundation of Employee benefit |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780891544944 |
Federal Employees' Health Benefits
Title | Federal Employees' Health Benefits PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Government employees' health insurance |
ISBN |
Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Title | Pharmacy Benefit Managers PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Drugs |
ISBN |