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Best Practices for Health Plans That Work Closely With Self-Insured Employers | AMCP Nexus 2023
Author(s)Briana Contreras
Shawna Ricker, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist Consultant, Clinical Client Strategy, Highmark, Inc., who co-presented at this year's AMCP Nexus conference in Orlando, shares some best practices for health plans that work with self-insured employers.
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Shawna Ricker, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist Consultant, Clinical Client Strategy, Highmark, Inc., who co-presented at this year's AMCP Nexus conference in Orlando, shares some best practices for health plans that work with self-insured employers — some being management in formulary utilization, network and specialty drug pharmacy, copay programs and patient out-of-pocket cost solutions.
Ricker expressed how some of these examples are used within Highmark to address specialty drug spend.
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