Managed Care Pharmacy Practice / Edition 2

by Robert P. Navarro

Overview

Managed Care Pharmacy Practice, Second Edition offers information critical to the development and operation of a managed care pharmacy program. The text also covers the changes that have taken place within the delivery of pharmacy services, as well as the evolving role of pharmacists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763732400
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	12/25/2008
Edition description:	2E
Pages:	633
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Clinical Professor, University of Florida College of Pharmacy

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Role of Managed Care in the US Health Care System
Chapter 2 Overview of Prescription Drug Benefits Managed Care
Chapter 3 Pharmacy Benefit Design, Marketing, and Customer Contracting
Chapter 4 Pharmacy Benefit Management Programs
Chapter 5 Pharmacy Distribution Systems and Network Management
Chapter 6 Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 7 Managed Care Information Systems
Chapter 8 Drug Utilization Review Strategies
Chapter 9 The Role of Drug Formularies in Managed Care Organizations
Chapter 10 Member Satisfaction Strategies
Chapter 11 The AMCP Format for Evidence Based Formulary Submissions
Chapter 12 Pharmacoeconomic Research and Applications in Managed Care
Chapter 13 Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committees in Managed Care Organizations
Chapter 14 Role of the Pharmaceutical Company in Managed Care
Chapter 15 Managed Care Contracts with Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Chapter 16 Impact of Managed Care on Pharmacy Practice
Chapter 17 The Fundamentals of Healthcare Benefits from the Employer Plan Sponsor Perspective
Chapter 18 Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Management
Chapter 19 Medicare Pharmacy Benefits
Chapter 20 The Value of Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 21 Pharmacist Career Opportunities in Managed Care
Chapter 22 Ethical Aspects of Pharmacy Practice in Managed Care
Chapter 23 Politics, Public Policy and National Health Care Reform: Medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
Chapter 24 International Opportunities for Pharmacists in Managed Care
Chapter 25 Future of Managed Care Pharmacy Practice

Editorial Reviews

Walks through issues critical to development and operation of a managed care pharmacy program, showing how managed care has altered the delivery of pharmacy services and explaining the evolving role of pharmacists. Themes are fundamentals of managed care pharmacy benefit management, advanced pharmacy benefit management strategies, and pharmacy practice issues in managed care. For pharmacy students and practitioners who need to learn practical aspects of operating a managed care pharmacy program. The editor is a principal of NavarroPharma, LLC, and senior VP with MediMedia Managed Care. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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