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IMPROVING HEALTH CARE THROUGH
DRUG BENEFIT STRATEGIES
The Rx Benefits
Coalition is pleased to present its final luncheon in its
series of six luncheon forums on Capitol Hill. The July 15th luncheon
will discuss the home delivery of prescription drugs, focusing on the
safety and quality of home delivery, the savings that can accrue to
payers as well as patients who take advantage of home delivery, as well
as the convenience of home delivery.
Many managers of prescription drug benefit programs operate home-delivery
pharmacies. Benefit sponsors often encourage their beneficiaries to
use home delivery services, usually by providing for lower co-payments
for prescriptions filled via home delivery. Home-delivery pharmacies
generally provide a prescription drug benefit at less cost to the benefit
sponsor. Because the beneficiary does not expect the prescription immediately,
home delivery pharmacies have more time to employ other quality-enhancing
and cost-saving mechanisms, such as seeking physician approval for therapeutic
substitutions and checking the medical records maintained by the such
pharmacies for adverse drug reactions.
Presenters at the July 15th luncheon will include a company maintaining
its own self-insured health plan and a prescription drug benefit program
that utilizes a home delivery pharmacy.
The presenters will discuss:
- Savings that can be achieved by the benefit sponsors and their beneficiaries
by utilizing home-delivery services.
- Safety features applied by the home-delivery pharmacy both to assure
there is no adverse drug reaction and to be certain the correct prescription
in the proper dosage and with the correct instructions are delivered
to the beneficiary.
- Legislative and regulatory developments that potentially reduce
the cost-savings obtained through home-delivery services.
The details of the luncheon are as follows:
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DATE:
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Monday, July 15th
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TIME:
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12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
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PLACE:
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Room H-137, House Side of the Capitol
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"In Your Mailbox: Safety, Savings, and Convenience
With Home Delivery of Medicines"
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Moderator: LaVarne Burton, President, Pharmaceutical Care Management
Association
Presenter: Stephen T. Hobson, R.Ph., Regional Vice President,
Medco Health Solution, Inc.
Presenter: Tom Broderick, CEBS, Manager, Employee Health
and Welfare Plans for Bethlehem Steel Corporation
The luncheon forum schedule is –
| Monday, April 8th-- |
“The Value of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical
Care Services” |
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Monday, April 22nd --
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"Safety First: How Prescription Drug Benefit
Services Enhance Patient Safety"
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Monday, May 6th --
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"Formularies: Fact and Fiction"
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Monday, May 20th --
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"Generics: Reducing Consumer Costs With
the Appropriate Use of Generics"
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Monday, June 3rd--
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"Disease Management: Improving Patient
Health Through Innovation, Collaboration, and Intervention"
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Monday, July 15th --
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"In Your Mailbox: Safety, Savings, and
Convenience With Home Delivery of Medicines"
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Releases
The Rx Benefits Coalition represents
a diverse group of employers and other payers and providers of prescription
benefits committed to ensuring that consumers have access to safe
and affordable prescription drug services through the use of proven
market-based innovations in pharmaceutical care.
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