AMCP Announces Drug Payment Methodologies Resource Library.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. today announced that it has developed and placed on its website a searchable interactive database offering access to articles and documents that examine drug product payment systems in use in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. today, such as average wholesale price (AWP AWP Awaiting Parts (military equipment status) AWP Average Wholesale Price AWP Annual Work Plan AWP Associated Writing Programs AWP Amusement with Prizes AWP Any Willing Provider AWP Aerial Work Platform ), average manufacturer's price (AMP) and wholesale average cost (WAC WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby. ). Judith Cahill, executive director of the Academy, said, "We believe this web-based library will be an invaluable resource for our members and for public policy makers who are studying the changing dynamics of how drugs are paid for in various public programs and the private market." The materials in the database were used to develop a white paper the Academy will shortly release describing these existing payment systems, and the potential impact of proposed changes to these systems, now that the AWP methodology is under serious scrutiny and will likely be replaced. The majority of the documents in the library reside in the public domain. The collection, which the Academy will periodically update, currently includes excerpts from approximately 280 resources. Materials were gathered from think tanks, public entities, associations, private organizations, news sources, professional journals and academic sources. Where copyright owners control access, hotlinks point to the websites in which resources are housed. Where AMCP AMCP Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy AMCP Aeronautical Mobile Communications Panel AMCP Association of Managed Care Providers (now Association of Managed Care Dentists) AMCP Army Materiel Command Pamphlet AMCP Army Married Couples Program was able to secure permission, direct access has been provided. Look for Drug Payment Methodologies under Public Policy & Advocacy on the AMCP website, www.amcp.org. The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is a national professional association of pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
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