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The AMCP Blog is your go-to resource to hear from managed care experts and their perspectives on trends and hot topics related to managed care pharmacy.
Read this week’s blog to learn how AMCP is taking a stand against racial injustice and starting work to translate broad goals into specific, long-term actions that improve patient outcomes and health equity among all Americans, including Black Americans, indigenous people, and people of color.
A recent AMCP and ACHP survey shows shifting consumer attitudes regarding health care due to COVID-19 and validates the crucial role pharmacists play.
Managed care pharmacy professionals are working a “second shift,” navigating the myriad health care and business challenges that COVID-19 presents. AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE writes about the heroes among us in her latest blog.
The United States could face a health care crisis of an entirely different nature as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care professionals are warning about patients avoiding emergency rooms and office visits. Further, childhood vaccine rates are dropping to dangerous levels. Read about this perfect storm for health care in the latest AMCP CEO Blog.
The important role of pharmacists in providing front-line patient care has become even more pressing during the current pandemic. AMCP CEO Susan Cantrell, RPh, CAE writes about pharmacists' expanding role in the time of COVID-19.
Critical medications are in shortage due to COVID-19. In her latest blog post, AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE, discusses the prescription drug supply chain and highlights new COVID-19 resources for AMCP members.
These are trying times, especially for health care practitioners. Together, as managed care pharmacy professionals, we face challenges to patient care. AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE addresses these unique challenges in her latest blog post.
AMCP CEO Blog: AMCP has been working hard for several years to help members be ready when drugs are approved or off-label indications emerge. The first prong of our effort was to update the popular AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions.
AMCP CEO Blog: As a new decade dawns, AMCP is preparing for the twists and turns of an uncertain first year. With health care a top issue in this year’s presidential campaigns, drug pricing a favorite target, and biosimilar use poised to expand, seeing where this year will lead requires much more than “2020” vision.
Digital therapeutics: What are they, and where do they fit into pharmacy and medical benefits? Learn more in this blog post from AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE.
AMCP CEO Blog: With PA so often misunderstood, perhaps we need to do a better job of explaining this tool to the general public. For example, we might provide an example of how PAs are applied to opioids as additional safeguards to ensure their appropriate use. Or how a PA might be applied to botulinum toxin to ensure the prescription is for medical, rather than cosmetic, purposes.
AMCP CEO Blog: AMCP’s roughly 8,000 members work diligently every day to improve patient care through the optimized use of medicines. As an organization, we also take a leading role in developing improvements to the overall delivery of care, which is no easy task given the size and complexity of our health care system.
