Managed Care Pharmacy Issues

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.”

AMCP webinar that reviewed proceedings from this Partnership Forum.

Partnership Forum: Industry experts gathered together July 19-20, 2016 to focus on innovations in diabetes care that are producing changes to treatment options, patient engagement, accountability and patient-provider interactions.

AMCP webinar that provided a legal and regulatory overview of state-level access to opioid overdose antidotes and discussing best practices for educating patients and providers on the prevention of opioid overdose.

On February 26, 2016, the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released a memorandum and draft specification plan outlining the proposed data structure and pilot monitoring measures for the enhanced MTM model test. AMCP provided a summary of the key proposed elements that impact managed care pharmacy.

AMCP webinar that provided a high-level overview of the diagnostics marketplace and what changes we can expect in the coming years.

Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is proud to join 16 other national nonprofit health care organizations in raising awareness among the provider community of illegal online pharmacies and counterfeit medications.

Press Release: The current issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP) features valuable new research on the practice of medication therapy management (MTM) and related pharmacist interventions, topics that to date have remained relatively understudied.

Presentation created by AMCP in December 2015.