California Pharmacists Association Warns Employers About Potentially Dangerous Pharmacy Benefit Changes.Savings for Employers Has Potential to Compromise Patient Care and California's Economy SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- At a time when the overall health care of Americans is at risk from economic factors, many employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. and health plans are making changes to their pharmacy benefit programs that have the potential to compromise patient care and impact California's economy negatively. "We are receiving calls on a weekly basis from community pharmacies telling us of patients who are upset by the changes to their pharmacy benefit plans," states Lynn Rolston, Chief Executive Officer of the California Pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
phar·ma·cist n. oversight. The patient-pharmacist relationship is the cornerstone of appropriate medication use, patient safety and improved health outcomes." Recently the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. and the State Center Community College District State Center Community College District simply known as SCCCD is the college district for Fresno City College in Fresno, California and Reedley College in Reedley, California. Reedley College also maintains satellite campuses called North Centers in Clovis, Madera, and Oakhurst. (SCCCD SCCCD State Center Community College District (California) ) have enacted such changes. "Financially-driven decisions such as these stand to make matters worse for California's economy, where community pharmacies generate $2.7 billion in tax revenues, which in turn funds multiple state programs," said Rolston. CPhA strongly encourages health plan administrators around the state to carefully consider the pharmacy benefit design and allow employees to receive pharmacy care from the provider of their choice. Study after study have exposed the pitfalls of disrupting or limiting patient access, and the resultant This article is about the resultant of polynomials. For the result of adding two or more vectors, see Parallelogram rule. For the technique in organ building, see Resultant (organ). In mathematics, the resultant of two monic polynomials decline in health outcomes. Those declines in health outcomes far outweigh out·weigh tr.v. out·weighed, out·weigh·ing, out·weighs 1. To weigh more than. 2. To be more significant than; exceed in value or importance: The benefits outweigh the risks. the short-term potential savings from these types of pharmacy benefit changes. CPhA would be happy to explore other options with employers which would meet the needs of their employees and support the best health outcomes for California's most valuable asset - its employees. The California Pharmacists Association is the largest state pharmacy association in the nation and the professional society representing all pharmacists in California. The mission of the Association is to act as the leader in advocating the role of the pharmacist as an essential provider of health care and to support pharmacists in providing optimal patient care. For more information about CPhA, please visit www.cpha.com. |
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