Bartholomew E. Clark

TL;DR: Co-payment incentives to use mail-service pharmacies instead of community pharmacies were associated with higher mail- service utilization rates and with higher costs to plan sponsors, while absence of a co-payment incentive was associated with lower mail- Service utilization ratesand with lower costs toPlan sponsors.

TL;DR: The value of pharmacy benefit management companies is examined at the Examining the value of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacies and Health Professions, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

TL;DR: This pilot study indicates the possibility of substantial and widely varying differences in the spread and spread percentage between PBMs for brand name and generic medications, which could produce better relations with PBM clients and business partners, including community pharmacies.

TL;DR: Evidence that a medication safety framework is lacking in office-based practice is provided and suboptimal--and sometimes unacceptable--practices related to medication safety in primary care offices are identified and described.