AmeriHealth Mercy/PerformRx and CAHP to Present Pharmacy and Medical Management Conference
One-day seminar to focus on controlling costs and improving quality of care
Philadelphia, PA -
AmeriHealth Mercy/PerformRx in conjunction with The California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) will host Controlling Costs and Improving Quality through Pharmacy and Medical Management Conference, a one-day technical seminar on the solutions offered through pharmacy and medical management on February 17, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco Airport.
Two AmeriHealth Mercy/PerformRx representatives will speak at the conference. Tom Lyman, Senior Vice President, PerformRx, will speak on the "Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Drug Benefit for Dual Eligibles." Mesfin Tegenu, Vice President of Pharmacy, PerformRx, will present on "Injectable Drug Management" along with George Petrovas from ICORE Healthcare.
PerformRx is the next generation pharmacy benefit management program with a proven pharmacy care management solution that meets financial objectives while improving the quality of health care for its customers. Within the Medicaid sector, by using the approach of linking traditional medical management with pharmacy management, PerformRx maintains an average annual pharmacy cost trend of 5% versus the national trend in the range of 15%.
With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 1.4 million members in seven states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia, California and Arizona. For more information visit AmeriHealth Mercy and PerformRx..
The one-day conference will cover four distinct topics: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Drug Benefit for Dual Eligibles; Injectable Drug management; New Paradigm for Prescription Drug Benefit Management; and Integrating Medical and Pharmacy Data. For more information on the seminar, please visit www.calhealthplans.com.
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