ADVISORY/Experts Available to Comment: Massachusetts Requires Generic Drugs for Medicaid Recipients.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2001 TOPIC: Massachusetts is adopting the policy requiring Medicaid recipients to take generic drugs as opposed to name-brand medications, according to an article in the Boston Globe. Due to the increased cost of pharmaceutical drugs, a majority of the 900,000 Massachusetts residents enrolled in Medicaid will be affected by the policy. Although exceptions will be made based on medical need, state officials report that doctors will have to get prior approval for name-brand drugs, the article says. It is said the cost of drugs for Medicaid members is estimated at $738 million. The changes are scheduled to take effect on Nov. 28. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Scot F. Dyer is the vice president, Marketing & Development, of McKesson Corporation's pharmaceutical product group. Dyer can comment on the following topics: why is the generic marketplace growing so rapidly, what are the legal and legislative challenges to bringing generics to market more quickly, will these roadblocks be removed in the near future, how can pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. approach to dispensing dispensing provision of drugs or medicines as set out properly on a lawful prescription. A prescription can only be filled, the drugs supplied, by a registered pharmacist, veterinarian, dentist or member of the medical profession. generics. PR: Scott Marketing & Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most (brenna@joyscott.com, 800/396-8470). Professor Frank Sloan, of Duke University, Center for Health Policy Research & Education, can share his expertise regarding health policy and Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. . 919/684-8047, 919/684-8068, 919/684-8111 (University PR Phone) Professor Jonathan Gruber, of the MIT Department of Economics The MIT Department of Economics is a department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Undergraduate studies in economics were introduced in the 19th century by institute president Francis Amasa Walker. The department's Ph.D. , is the author of more than 50 published papers, and my research spans a variety of topics in both health economics and public economics, including: the structure of the health insurance market; how the health insurance and labor markets labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience interact; public health insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid Medicare and Medicaid U.S. government programs in effect since 1966. Medicare covers most people 65 or older and those with long-term disabilities. Part A, a hospital insurance plan, also pays for home health visits and hospice care. ) and their impacts on health and well being. 617/253-8892 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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