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Managed Care June 2005	PBMs Get Thumbs up From Satisfied Customers Pharmacy benefit managers that educate physicians on the safety and efficacy of generic drugs or provide them with generic drug samples to increase the use of generics get higher satisfaction ratings than those that don't.
Managed Care April 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Health Plans, Employers Join Forces To Promote E-Prescribing The e-prescribing movement is getting some new advocates --employers. Can the combined influence of plans, employers, and the government affect physician buy-in?
Managed Care September 2006	Payers, Consumers Benefit as Patents Expire The generic drug market seems ready to explode, according to reports from IMS Health and the Generic Pharmaceuticals Association.
Managed Care October 2004 Tony Schueth	Formulary Standards Key To E-Prescribing Success Electronic prescribing needs standardization before it's adopted by the masses. Start with the format of formulary databases.
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll	Effective Ways To Increase Usage of Generics Generics is one of the few areas where insurance plans can economize effectively. BlueCross & BlueShield of North Carolina is one of many insurers that are changing members' and prescribers' behavior.
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Managed Care August 2007	Incentive Formularies Have Minimal Effect A brief look at the effect of changes in drug benefit design on pharmaceutical use and spending.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The e-Bandwagon The federal government is driving e-Rx adoption by establishing standards that Medicare drug plans will have to adopt by 2009, and HHS officials are pushing to make this happen much earlier.
Managed Care August 2005	Dispensing Machine Promotes Use of Generic Medications Generic drugs are being dispensed in doctors' offices by devices that function much like automatic teller machines that banks use, under a program sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Generic Prescription for Double-Digit Growth MedcoHealth Solutions has it.
Managed Care January 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Employers Want Plans & PBMs To Push Hard for Generics Health insurers' aggressive stand on members' use of generic drugs can attract new clients, but does it interfere with the physician-patient relationship?
Managed Care March 2008 John Carroll	Should Plans Pay Physicians To Switch Patients to Generics? The AMA calls it a kickback, but the industry sees it as just good practice to give doctors an incentive to get patients on equivalent generics
Managed Care February 2002 Joyce Ochs	E-Prescribing Gets More Enticing Physicians today are writing prescriptions for patients on palm-held devices that seem eerily akin to medical practice on the Starship Enterprise...
Managed Care July 2005 Tony Berberabe	Change in Thinking For Pharmacy Benefits in CDHP The difference between the pharmacy benefit in a consumer-directed health plan and a traditional health plan is greater generic drug utilization.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Flexes Its Generic Muscles The pharma giant moves farther into generic drugs.
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Managed Care October 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Restrictive Formularies May Be Contagious It's the law of unintended consequences: A restrictive drug formulary maintained by a health plan may influence how physicians treat patients unaffiliated with that plan. What does this mean to managed care?
Managed Care September 2007	Income Said To Influence Use of Generics An observational analysis of pharmacy claims collected from 2001 to 2003 finds that where a person lives and the socioeconomic implications of that location have a lot do with his use of generic drugs.
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Managed Care February 2001	Denver Docs Bolt Aetna Before It Ends 'All-Products' Some 8,000 Denver-area residents were left to find new doctors when 240 physicians affiliated with MedWest Medical Group dropped Aetna U.S. Healthcare in a dispute over contract terms. The doctors did not renew their Aetna contract when it expired Jan. 31...
Managed Care August 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Off-Label Use Often Presents Conundrum for Health Plans Insurers recognize the clinical importance of off-label prescribing, but criteria are needed to avoid over-utilization.
Managed Care March 2008	PDP Drug Restrictions Block Comparison Shopping A review of 169 commonly used drugs covered by Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) reveals that only 4 of the 10 largest plans by enrollment have all of those 169 drugs on formulary.
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Managed Care July 2005	Cost being equal, consumers prefer older drugs Seven out of 10 consumers would prefer a drug that had been on the market for 10 years or more, compared to a newer drug, even if the copayments were equal. This could be a sign that consumers are more inclined to start using generic medications.
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Managed Care March 2006	Study: No Need To Burden Consumers To Cut Drug Bill A study by Express Scripts shows that changing the prescription benefit copayments can reduce costs by encouraging more use of generic drugs. All without shifting costs to consumers.
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Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Plans, PBMs, Employers Prod Docs To E-Prescribe Widespread adoption of electronic prescribing is inevitable, yet physicians still resist. Various coalitions and initiatives are trying to make adoption easier.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	Par: Out Of The Rough? Since posting disappointing earnings in April, Par Pharmaceutical, No. 6 in U.S. generic drugs, has seen its shares plummet from 61 to 34.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010	Taking a Less-Generic Route to Generics A leading pharmaceutical industry player speaks out on what is fueling success in the sector.
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