TY - BOOK AU - Navarro,Robert TI - Managed care pharmacy practice SN - 9780763732400 AV - RS100.3 .M356 2009 U1 - 615.1068 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Pharmacy KW - Practice KW - United States KW - Managed care plans (Medical care) KW - Pharmaceutical services insurance KW - Pharmaceutical Services KW - organization & administration KW - Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services KW - Managed Care Programs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Role of managed care in the U.S. healthcare system -- Overview of prescription drug benefits in managed care -- Pharmacy benefit design, marketing, and customer contracting -- Pharmacy benefit management companies -- Pharmacy distribution systems and network management -- Specialty pharmaceuticals -- Managed care pharmacy information systems -- Drug utilization review strategies -- Role of drug formularies in managed care organizations -- Member satisfaction strategies -- AMCP format for formulary submissions -- Pharmacoeconomic research and applications in managed care -- Pharmacy & therapeutics committees in managed care organizations -- Role of the pharmaceutical company in managed care -- Managed care contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers -- Impact of managed care on pharmacy practice -- Fundamentals of healthcare benefits from the employer plan sponsor's perspective -- Medicaid pharmacy benefit management -- Medicare pharmacy benefits -- The value of pharmaceuticals -- Medication therapy management -- Pharmacist career opportunities in managed care -- Ethical aspects of pharmacy practice in managed care -- Politics, public policy, and national healthcare reform : Medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 -- International opportunities for pharmacists in managed care -- Future of .managed care pharmacy practice UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008035267.html ER -