Posts Tagged ‘ Managed Care ’

Free Drugs, or Generics?

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

An article published in the most recent edition of the American Journal of Managed Care looked at whether lower co-payments or generic drugs increased adherence to prescribed drug regimens. Generic prescribing modestly improved adherence in two of the five conditions …

How to Implement Value-Based Designs

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

The March 1 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive features an article by Cyndy Nayer, CHVI president. Among her recommendations:

  • Quantify the current risk to their organization in order to deploy focused incentives for behavior change and measure results;
  • Measure emerging