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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Cardiovascular outcomes after a change in prescription policy for clopidogrel.

21 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Drug-reimbursement policies may have an adverse effect on patient outcomes if they interfere with timely access to efficacious medications for acute medical conditions. Clopidogrel in combination with aspirin is the recommended standard ... Read more...

Medicare program: Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs: final marketing provisions. Final rule.

16 Sep 2008 This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D). The regulation contains new regulatory provisions regarding marketing processes for both programs. The revisions to the ... Read more...

Medicare Program; revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs. Interim final rule with comment period.

16 Sep 2008 This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) revises the regulations governing the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C), prescription drug benefit program (Part D) and section 1876 cost plans. This IFC makes conforming changes to the MA ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cardiovascular outcomes after a change in prescription policy for clopidogrel. 21 Oct 2008
• Medicare program: Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs: final marketing provisions. Final rule. 16 Sep 2008
• Medicare Program; revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs. Interim final rule with comment period. 16 Sep 2008
• SPIKE$: a six-step protocol for delivering bad news about the cost of medical care. 30 Aug 2008
• Medicine reimbursement recommendations in Canada, Australia, and Scotland. 30 Aug 2008
• [TLV meets criticism: costs of antihypertensive agents can and should be reduced] 30 Aug 2008
• [Non-biased (?) blood pressure experts criticize LFN] 30 Aug 2008
• Increases in Medicare prescription drug plan costs attributable to psychotropic medications. 30 Jul 2008
• Breaking the impasse: time for decisive action? 30 Jul 2008
• Drugs and dentistry. Why do pharmacists call dentists? 30 Jul 2008
• [Discontinuation of subsidizing of certain antihypertensive agents is not well thought-out] 30 Jul 2008
• Tier 4 drugs and the fraying of the social compact. 22 Jul 2008
• Biosimilars: illustration of scientific issues in two examples. 13 Jul 2008
• Pharmacist-provided medication therapy management (part 2): Payer perspectives in 2007. 29 Jun 2008
• APhA2008 House of Delegates: Advancing current practice, preserving pharmacy integrity for the future. 29 Jun 2008
• Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone utilization from January 2007 through May 2008 associated with five risk-warning events. 29 Jun 2008
• Effect of an intervention to increase statin use in medicare members who qualified for a medication therapy management program. 29 Jun 2008
• Unfilled prescriptions of medicare beneficiaries: prevalence, reasons, and types of medicines prescribed. 29 Jun 2008
• Prevalence of opioid dispensings and concurrent gastrointestinal medications in an elderly population from Ontario, Canada. 29 Jun 2008
• Problem-based learning using the online Medicare Part D Plan Finder tool. 13 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services'

Definition: Insurance providing for payment of services rendered by the pharmacist. Services include the preparation and distribution of medical products.

Descriptor UI: D007356

Alternative terms: Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; Pharmacy Services Insurance; Pharmaceutic Services Insurance; Pharmaceutical Services Insurance; Insurance, Pharmaceutic Services; Insurance, Pharmacy Services; Drug Insurance; Insurance, Drug; Prescription Insurance; Insurance, Prescription; Drug Benefit Plans; Drug Benefit Plan; Plan, Drug Benefit; Plans, Drug Benefit;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.575;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible; DF: INSURANCE PHARM SERV