Press Release: A comprehensive medication management program designed to optimize therapy and boost adherence to hepatitis C virus (HCV) medications saved a state Medicaid program nearly $3.8 million in avoided costs, according to a new study in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP).
AMCP CEO Address: The following are excerpts from remarks that AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE, delivered during the AMCP Nexus 2016 General Session on Oct. 4.
Press Release: Improvements to opioid prescribing, increasing the use of naloxone to reverse opioid overdose and expanding the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid-use disorders were among the many suggestions to come out of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation 6th Annual Research Symposium, “Balancing Access and Use of Opioid Therapy.”
Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy today kicks off AMCP Nexus 2016 with a wide variety of educational sessions and policy discussions covering such hot topics as managing the specialty drug spend, treating opioid abuse and communicating off-label health care economic information.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) for the opportunity to provide comments on the draft scoping document that will examine the clinical effectiveness and value of abuse-deterrent formulation (ADF) of opioids in pain management released on September 8, 2016. AMCP appreciates the broad input from payers as well as patients, pain management specialists, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
AMCP CEO Blog: There are many ways to measure the health and vitality of a professional association. The most crucial indicators, I’ve found, center on the engagement of an organization’s volunteers.
Press Release: Biopharmaceutical companies and health care decision makers would be able to more easily communicate information on products awaiting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, under recommendations developed at an Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) partnership forum this week.