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There's good news in efforts to combat HIV/AIDs and hepatitis C (hep C, HCV). These viral diseases are now more vulnerable because of improved gene-based targeting and communications around exposure [...]

Medication Reconciliation, 'med rec' as it has come to be known, is recognized as an important part of the growing practice of medication management and a critical step in improving [...]

Management of key functions and assets is fundamental to success in any business. Managing health care coverage benefits, especially pharmacy benefits, is becoming more important to organizations' success. This article will explore contemporary pharmacy benefits, touching on plan design with emerging biotechnology-based diagnostic technology and medications. Understanding the pharmacy benefit can help employee benefits managers achieve the delicate balance of coverage and cost-sharing.

IN THIS ARTICLE ... Higher cost medications pose a serious question for physician executives. Learn how common administrative databases can provide clinical resource utilization and identify success factors and barriers to devising cost-effective medical management strategies., Higher cost medications or therapeutic regimens pose a serious question for physician executives and other hospital managers who must determine if the cost/benefit ratio of a newer technology drug helps [...]

AT A GLANCE For clinicians, it's tempting to draw conclusions that new medications are easier to use and monitor, are safer, and therefore result in better outcomes. Similarly, for CFOs, [...]

Article presents a comprehensive discussion of the various issues associated with working with pharmacy benefit managers. Among other things, employers are educated on the importance of plan design, the difference between pharmacy benefit managers and other benefit intermediaries and how to audit and evaluate pharmacy benefit managers' services.

Within this decade, benefit managers will see radically new diagnostics and drugs that will call for changes in drug benefit planning. This article provides insight into various value propositions that must be taken into account in a drug benefit plan, along with considerations integral to those propositions; some key trends; and the new drug pipeline. Benefit managers must remain aware of the drug pipeline and benefit trends and utilize the insight of peers or other experts in strategic benefit planning.