Edan Stanley

News

Administrative Barriers Limit Pharmacist-Administered Vaccination Rates

04/26/2022

Pharmacists are both accessible and cost-effective providers of vaccinations; however, recent data show administrative factors are thwarting efforts to improve vaccination rates.

Pharmacists are both accessible...

04/26/2022

Pharmacy Learning Network

Norm Smith, Principle Payer Market Research Consultant

Podcasts

Quality Value Proposition Is Key to Improving OAB Care, Coverage for Older Adult Members

04/19/2022

Edan Stanley ;

Norm Smith, principal payer market research consultant, emphasizes the importance of ensuring market access teams are equipped with quality value propositions which demonstrate the clinical value and cost benefits of overactive bladder...

Norm Smith, principal payer...

04/19/2022

First Report Managed Care

News

Injection Therapy for Increasing BP in Adults With Vasodilatory Shock

04/04/2022

Edan Stanley ;

An alternative FDA-approved injection therapy option is now available to increase blood pressure in adult patients who remain hypotensive.

An alternative FDA-approved...

04/04/2022

Integrated Healthcare Executive

News

CMS, HHS Announce $110 Million in Funding to Expand Home, Community-based Services for Older Adults

04/01/2022

Edan Stanley ;

“These funds will support initial planning and implementation to get the state/territory programs off the ground, which would ensure more people with Medicaid can receive high-quality, cost-effective, person-centered services in a setting...

“These funds will support...

04/01/2022

First Report Managed Care

Conference Coverage

Pharmacist Provider Status Pilot Programs Demonstrate Success

03/31/2022

Edan Stanley ;

In a recent session at AMCP 2022, presenters shared updates on current legislative efforts related to pharmacist provider status implementation, including how reimbursing pharmacists could drive improvements in both quality and clinical...

In a recent session at AMCP...

03/31/2022

Pharmacy Learning Network

News

Health Plans Save Over $8.5 Million With Pharmacist Interventions in HIV Prescribing

03/31/2022

Edan Stanley ;

Pharmacist interventions geared toward reducing duplicate or unnecessary prescriptions for people with HIV saved health plans millions of dollars over 5.5 years.

Pharmacist interventions geared...

03/31/2022

First Report Managed Care

Conference Coverage

AMCP Highlights Upcoming Legislative and Regulatory Updates

03/30/2022

Edan Stanley ;

In one of the first sessions of AMCP 2022, speakers offered updates on legislation and regulatory changes that could affect formularies and medication management decisions by health plans in the upcoming year.

In one of the first sessions of...

03/30/2022

First Report Managed Care

News

Veterans With Depression Lack Access to Timely Follow-up Care

03/18/2022

Edan Stanley ;

Findings indicate most veterans with depression received at least minimal treatment but few veterans received timely follow-up care afterward.

Findings indicate most veterans...

03/18/2022

Veterans Health Today

Conference Insider

Patients With MCAS Demonstrate Tolerability of COVID-19 Vaccinations

03/15/2022

Edan Stanley ;

According to a recent presentation at the 2022 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Annual Meeting, replication-incompetent adenovirus and mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are tolerated among patients with confirmed or suspected...

According to a recent...

03/15/2022

First Report Managed Care

News

Preapproval Information Exchange Act Introduced in Congress

03/10/2022

Edan Stanley ;

A new piece of legislation designed to improve patient access to emerging therapy options by creating a statutory safe harbor for proactive economic and scientific communications between manufacturers and payers prior to FDA approval was...

A new piece of legislation...

03/10/2022

First Report Managed Care