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More on osteoporosis from Pharmacy Best Practices
The 2006 introduction of Part D under the Medicare Modernization Act will definitely affect medications targeting osteoporosis, the majority of which are prescribed to those 65 or older. Richard Stefanacci, DO, MBA, founding executive director, Health Policy Institute at the University of Sciences in Philadelphia, says that Part D will put a crimp in accessing appropriate medications for the condition.
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New breed of PBMs are poised to address transparency in healthcare
When cultures enter Renaissance periods, new learning and ideas create transition. Heightened interest in the workings of pharmacy benefit management and subsequent changes in business philosophy represent a Renaissance for managed care. All key stakeholders will feel the ripples of change: payers, physicians, pharmacists, patients and pharmaceutical companies.
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CMS reports improvements in Medicare Part D
Things are looking up in relation to Medicare Part D, according to Mark McClellan, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In early March, he addressed an audience of 700 pharmacists from New England on the status of the drug benefit, as the program passed its 60th day in operation. The presentation was the keynote address at the 66th Howard L. Reed Conference, sponsored by the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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Are We Aligned Yet? A Medicare Part D Roundtable
The most salient feature of the Medicare prescription drug benefit is its uncertainties. That was perhaps the key insight at a roundtable conducted by Pharmaceutical Executive in conjunction with the executive summit "Medicare Part D: Can There Be Alignment Between Government Goals and Industry Opportunity?" cosponsored by this magazine and Model N, a revenue management-solution provider. With a panel that included representatives from pharma, the legal community, prescription benefit managers, and data and service providers, the roundtable looked at the goals of Part D, the threats and opportunities it presents to stakeholders, the skills companies need to develop, and the way the playing field is likely to change over the next few years. What follows is an edited version of the conversation.
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