It’s 11:30 on a Tuesday night in the emergency department of a local county hospital. The doctor pulls back the curtain on his next patient and frowns. He has seen this man before. He looks down at the chart and recognizes the name. He’d been in about eight weeks before with trouble breathing and chest…
On March 22, Magellan Rx Management released its seventh annual Medical Pharmacy Trend Report, which continues to be a leading source for payers and other industry stakeholders to analyze high-cost injectable drugs paid under the medical benefit. It’s clear that specialty spend on the medical benefit accounts for a significant expenditure for both members and…
When I was selected to join the National Quality Forum’s Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Project Coordinating Committee, I thought about the background and experiences I would bring with me – both personally and professionally. As a trained pediatrician, my medical training focused largely on the care and treatment of young children. According to the Centers for…
April marks Autism Awareness Month, which focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). People with ASD may learn, communicate, and behave in ways that are different from others. Learn more about ASD below, and click on our tip sheets to find additional resources, including ways that you can help support others…
Learn more about ways to keep specialty spend, an important — and quickly growing — area of pharmacy spend, from Matt Ward, Magellan Rx Management’s general manager of the employer segment. Ward’s op-ed on the subject was recently published in WorldatWork’s magazine. WorldatWork is a nonprofit human resources association and compensation authority for professionals and organizations…
Between January 30 and February 1, Magellan hosted its Magellan Open Vision Exchange (MOVE) conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Our annual gathering of healthcare insiders, experts and leaders provides opportunities for key members of the industry to talk openly about the future of healthcare. You can read part one of our review of the 2017 event…
Magellan’s collection of HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) quality measures for 2017 has entered the final phase of data collection. You’ve probably heard of the acronym HEDIS – but what does it stand for and what does it mean to you? The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set – HEDIS — was created…
Medicine continues to evolve quickly, with new treatments and trials coming to market every month. As a doctor in practice, staying up-to-date on the newest innovations and school of thought can be overwhelming, particularly for rare diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy or spinal muscular atrophy. What’s the role of a pharmacy benefit manager in…