State legislatures across the country have introduced bills designed to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems by health care entities.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) recognizes the critical role of pharmacists in ensuring continuity during transitions of care. AMCP strongly supports and advocates for the pharmacist's involvement in collaborative, patient-centered care throughout these transitions.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) emphasizes pharmacists' critical role in patient education and health care outcomes.
AMCP has a position on Quality Performance Measures in managed care pharmacy. It recognizes the essential role of pharmacists, PBMs, and health plans in improving the quality of care provided to patients across all lines of business and supports a measure development process that integrates evidence-based medicine and stakeholder feedback in a timely manner.
AMCP encourages schools and colleges of pharmacy to ensure the provision of a balanced, general education, including information regarding emerging technologies and health care systems, to graduate educated and competent health care professionals.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) supports comprehensive access to and responsible use of health information and technology to enhance pharmacy practice, improve patient care, and optimize healthcare delivery.
AMCP supports the use of evidence-based formularies, or drug lists, to encourage the use of safe, effective, and affordable medications that meet the needs of the patient population and assist members of the health care team in effectively managing a patient's medication regimen.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) advocates for pharmacists' direct involvement in the development, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that focus on an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) recognizes drug utilization review (DUR) as an essential evaluation tool to facilitate the improvement of medication prescribing, administration, and use to enhance patient outcomes and help reduce overall healthcare costs.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) stands against racial and health care injustice. AMCP acknowledges that health care disparities occur across a multitude of factors, including race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomics. To increase health care access for all, collecting, evaluating, and incorporating data on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors and evaluating the association of these factors with medication use and access is imperative.
