Rare Diseases

Understanding hATTR Amyloidosis: Clinical Presentation, Patient Journey, and Treatment Landscape for This Rare Disease

Sponsored webinar that provided an overview of the ATTR amyloidosis disease subtypes, pathophysiology of disease, and the varying clinical presentations, including nonspecific symptoms that should raise suspicion of and aid in diagnosis of the disease.
Payment Systems, Rare Diseases, Managed Care Practice Issues, Patient Conditions/Disease States, Rare Diseases

AMCP Partnership Forum on Rare Diseases Identifies Solutions to Prepare for and Manage Orphan Drugs and Gene Therapies

More than 30 experts representing health plans, integrated delivery systems, health economists, providers, academicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other professionals gathered for AMCP’s Partnership Forum to address the challenges in managing and providing timely access to rare and orphan disease therapies.
Patient Conditions/Disease States, Rare Diseases

Disease Management

Disease management is the concept of reducing health care costs and improving quality of life for individuals with chronic conditions by preventing or minimizing the effects of the disease through integrated care. Disease management programs are designed to improve the health of persons with chronic conditions and reduce associated costs from avoidable complications by identifying and treating chronic conditions more quickly and more effectively, thus slowing the progression of those diseases.
Managed Care Practice Issues, Rare Diseases, Specialty Tiers, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Tiers

Specialty Pharmaceuticals

Over the past several years, the introduction, utilization and cost share of specialty pharmacy products has been increasing at a rate substantially greater than that of other pharmaceuticals. This paper examines the characteristics of specialty pharmaceuticals; the growth of new expertise to handle and manage these pharmaceuticals; and the needs these products create for patients, health plans and practitioners.
Managed Care Practice Issues, Rare Diseases, Specialty Tiers, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Tiers

AMCP Submits Comments in Response to PQA Endorsement Consideration of Two New Performance Measures: Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines and Adherence to Non-Infused Disease Modifying Agents Use to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the Call for Comments on PQA Endorsement Consideration of Two New Performance Measures.
Patient Conditions/Disease States, Rare Diseases

PRIME Partners With AGA and AMCP on Hepatitis C Virus and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Educational Initiative

Press Release: PRIME Education, Inc. (PRIME), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), are pleased to announce a groundbreaking initiative in collegial learning between payers and providers to improve treatment decision-making in chronic and costly gastroenterological (GI) diseases.
Patient Conditions/Disease States, Rare Diseases