Reversing non-formulary status will usually require new data. The message developed in this article is that for products not on a hospital’s formulary, getting on formulary goes beyond what might be ...

Successful formulary system management can help ACOs achieve high quality, low cost objectives across the care continuum. This article targets healthcare leaders choosing to participate in the ...

Express Scripts Holding, a pharmacy benefit manager that negotiates drug prices for many health plans, will launch a formulary with lower list price drugs in an effort to reduce reliance on rebates ...

The hospital formulary system is an ongoing process that evaluates and selects the safest, most effective, and most economical care for hospitalized patients. As healthcare continues to change, so ...

Medication formulary policies represent a key determinant of access to medication and can be leveraged to advance pharmacoequity and health equity writ large. Awareness of the presence and ...

Though medical professionals continue to be the key decision-makers and influencers on drug formularies, hospitals executives are gaining in stature on these agreements, a new study has found. Chapel ...

Given forthcoming changes to Medicare Part D plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, CMS should collect and publish plan-level metrics describing how beneficiaries’ use of medications is impacted by ...

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. Q: Is there a certain format that has to be used ...

Oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are the recommended first-line option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Currently, three PDE5 inhibitors are approved for use in the United ...

Third report in Black Book's five-month Nurses Week research series warns that prior authorization, denials, formulary barriers, and opaque payer decisions are creating hidden nursing workload, ...