Stanford Health Care’s Janjri Desai, Pharm.D., says pharmacists improve outcomes but often can’t bill for it, making billing parity key to growing services.
|Articles|April 1, 2003
States pool resources to manage Medicaid prescription benefits
While Medicare tries to work out arrangements for a pharmacy benefit, Medicaid has it fairly well figured out. Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) have designed pharmacy benefits that meet the needs of their members and provide some cost savings.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Related to this article
Stanford Health Care’s Janjri Desai, Pharm.D., says pharmacy should be treated as a clinical service line, not just a 340B financial workhorse.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending on Managed Healthcare Executive
1
Medicaid can't opt out of gene therapies, so planning matters more, says Katelyn Meyer, Pharm.D. | AMCP Nexus 2026
2
Lower fitness tied to persistent fatty liver disease in teen boys with obesity
3
Updated HIV treatment guidelines address payer barriers and add Bixlenvo
4
How common is atopic dermatitis in the US? Not nearly as common as other research has shown, according to this study
5