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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1999--

PacifiCare Health:
                              John Jones

-- Director of Pharmacy Networks and Legal Affairs,
    Prescription Solutions
-- President Elect, American Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
-- Member, California State Board of Pharmacy


John D. Jones is the director of pharmacy networks for Prescription Solutions, a nationwide network that includes 4,300 pharmacies. In addition, he develops and implements quality management programs and is involved with drug formulary formulary /for·mu·lary/ (for´mu-lar?e) a collection of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions.

National Formulary  see under N.


for·mu·lar·y
n.
 development activities for the company's pharmacy and therapeutic committees.

Prescription Solutions is a subsidiary of PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare Health Systems (former NYSE: PHS) was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) in late 2005, which continues to market health plans under the PacifiCare name. , which operates Secure Horizons, the nation's largest Medicare HMO HMO health maintenance organization.

HMO
n.
A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial,
 with approximately 1 million members.

Jones has testified before the California Legislature regarding a number of pharmaceutical issues and has authored articles on the subject.

Jones is a member of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
  • Dora Akunyili, Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria
  • Charles Alderton (1857 - 1941), American inventor the soft drink Dr Pepper
  • George F.
, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, California Pharmacists Association, California Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law .
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