Rx Benefit Innovation Awards Program


As part of its mission, PBMI sponsors an annual award program to recognize innovative solutions to drug benefit issues. PBMI's Rx Benefit Innovation Awards showcase creative, effective solutions for providing drug benefit programs.


2008 Honorees
The 2008 Rx Benefit Innovation Award recipients have all collaborated with drug benefit stakeholders -- physicians, pharmacists, and patients -- to improve the quality of the drug benefit they offer. Their efforts are best practices that should be emulated and adopted by others to improve prescribing and increase patient adherence.

MemberHealth, LLC, a subsidiary of Universal American Corp., is recognized for a letter-based initiative that increased HIV patient adherence to antiretroviral therapy among Medicare Part D beneficiaries. The initiative measurably improved medication possession ratios, an indicator of increased patient adherence.

Office of Group Benefits, State of Louisiana with Catalyst Rx are recognized jointly for a model physician outreach program that significantly increased prescribing and utilization of generic drugs, resulting in a three-year savings of $28 million in drug spend.

Upper Peninsula Health Plan and Upper Peninsula Health Care Network in Michigan are recognized for implementing a regional, cooperative formulary management system. The project resulted in improved prescribing as well as cost savings for the health plan and network providers.


Previous Honorees

AmeriHealth Mercy/Perform Rx
Cingular Wireless
Cypress Care
Catalyst Rx
Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE Management Activity
ePocrates
Express Scripts
The HR Policy Association Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition
Medco Health Solutions
Memorial Health System
PharmaCare and the Polk County Board of County Commissioners
Prescription Solutions
SXC Health Solutions, Inc.
University of Michigan




 

 




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