Pharmacy benefit managers are moving beyond formulary access to provide support programs for women's health. Here's how three PBMs — Judi Health, LucyRx and RxPreferred — are putting that strategy into practice.
News|Articles|January 1, 2003
Incorporating an ethical template into pharmacy benefit decision-making (PDF)
J Russell Teagarden, MA, RPh, vice president of clinical practices and therapeutics at Medco Health Solutions in Franklin Lakes, NJ, explains how using an ?ethical template? for pharmacy benefit decisions can make those decisions consistent and fair, reducing patient displeasure, conflict, and litigation.
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