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AMCP (Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy) is a professional organization representing the interests of pharmacists who practice in managed care settings. [2] [3] [4] It publishes the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. [5] AMCP is a member organization of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. [6]
Utilization management (UM) or utilization review is the use of managed care techniques such as prior authorization that allow payers, particularly health insurance companies, to manage the cost of health care benefits by assessing its medical appropriateness before it is provided, by using evidence-based criteria or guidelines.
Step therapy, also called step protocol or a fail first requirement, is a managed care approach to prescription.It is a type of prior authorization requirement that is intended increase insurance company profits at the expense of patient health by forcing patients onto lower cost prescription drugs.
The Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 is a set of Californian laws that regulate Healthcare Service Plans. Under these laws, pharmacy benefit managers with contracts to Health care service plans are required by law to be registered with the Department of Managed Health Care to disclose information. [58] SB 966: Pharmacy benefits
The Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of managed care pharmacy. It was established in 1995 and is published by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. The editor-in-chief is Laura E. Happe. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of ...
Drug utilization review refers to a review of prescribing, dispensing, administering and ingesting of medication. [1] This authorized, structured and ongoing review is related to pharmacy benefit managers. [2] Drug use/ utilization evaluation and medication utilization evaluations are the same as drug utilization review. [3]
Medication therapy management, generally called medicine use review in the United Kingdom, is a service provided typically by pharmacists, medical affairs, and RWE scientists that aims to improve outcomes by helping people to better understand their health conditions and the medications used to manage them. [1]
Specialty drugs patient care management is meant to be both high technology and high touch care, or patient-centered care with "more face-to-face time, more personal connections". Patient-centered care is defined by the Institute of Medicine as "care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values". [27]