Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
How does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 differ from the act as it stands today? Many changes have occurred, in Medicaid expansion, private insurance coverage, the American Health Benefit Exchanges, and the individual mandate.
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Restricting oncology and hematology medications to outpatient infusion centers may be considered when infrequent administration is required, a low risk of serious adverse effects exists, or when prompt amelioration of a condition is not expected. At the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), we created a new formulary status for medications de...
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Access to health care can be improved by controlling and optimizing expenditures, specifically the high-cost drugs such as atypical long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics. This type of LAI is usually covered under the medical benefit and/or pharmacy benefit. We sought to compare financial outcomes of the medical benefit billing option with the...
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Congressional deliberations over several competing bills on drug-price transparency may generate some useful data but are unlikely to have any effect on prices.
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Perseris: A new, long-acting, atypical antipsychotic drug-delivery system.
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Using chloral hydrate carries a risk of adverse events and compounding errors, and much of the available literature recommends using alternative sedatives for pediatric patients. But evidence regarding the efficacy of chloral hydrate and of alternative agents is conflicting.
Published in P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2 blockers) continue to be over utilized for stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP). Our study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of a pharmacist-driven termination protocol in a community teaching hospital to limit the inappropriate use of acid-suppressive medications in ...
