Successful formulary system management can help ACOs achieve high quality, low cost objectives across the care continuum. This article targets healthcare leaders choosing to participate in the ...

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, spoke about how she views formulary management as a team approach. Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, director of system pharmacy formulary management and ...

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, discussed how biosimilars can play a role in formulary management as well as the main takeaways of her presentations at the Newport Beach Institute for ...

A formulary submission tool has been updated to enable payers to get access to drugs' product information before they are approved in order to make decisions faster. The Food and Drug Administration ...

Part of the House’s budget proposal includes changes to state law requiring a process called formulary management for the plan. That means the state will maintain a list of approved medications. That ...

The formulary management process was applied to help prevent ACPS. Specifically, amitriptyline prescribing was restricted to the psychiatry service, and a therapeutic interchange policy was developed ...

Health systems’ pharmaceutical spending is expected to rise by up to 6 percent in 2019, according to a study published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. For these organizations — ...

On November 26th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D drug pricing proposed rule for 2020 (Drug Pricing Proposed Rule) that includes ...

David F. Lehmann, M.D., Pharm.D.; Roy Guharoy, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FCCP, FASHP; Nancy Page, M.S., APRN, BC; Karen Hirschman, B.S., R.N., BC; Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Ph.D ...