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Outcomes Conference 2010

CONFERENCE RECAP

2009 Drug Trend Report: A New Perspective — and the Promise of New Savings
Steve Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Express Scripts
AUDIO 10 MB (42:12) (audio file)
SLIDES 5 MB (PPT file)

Between the economic crisis and attempted healthcare reform, the past year has been a turbulent one for patients, providers and payers. These dynamics have fueled inflation in healthcare costs well above that for other goods and services. Medication use and new drugs also play a role in overall expense. But these aren’t the only factors driving trend: last year, patient choices contributed over $1 trillion to healthcare spend. Dr. Steve Miller will explore the true impact of patient decision-making on pharmacy, and how we can recoup over $163 billion by creating positive behavioral change and improving health outcomes.

A Look Back: Top Lessons for Managing the Pharmacy Benefit
Emily Cox, RPh, PhD, Vice President, Research, Express Scripts
AUDIO 11 MB (48:22) (audio file)
SLIDES 2 MB (PPT file)

In the early 2000s, drug spending raced upward in double-digit leaps; however, by the decade’s end, spending had slowed to single-digit growth — certainly good news for plan sponsors. But what made the difference? Over the past 10 years, we learned a number of lessons that enable us to more vigorously bend the cost curve, further improve quality of patient care and create solutions that bring sustainable, positive change. Dr. Emily Cox will examine how step therapy, plan design, data integration, network management and application of the behavioral sciences have enabled plan sponsors to progressively manage waste from their pharmacy benefit while enhancing and maintaining quality care.

The Way Forward: How Information Will Transform Pharmacy
Brian Seiz, PharmD, Vice President, Clinical Services, Express Scripts
AUDIO 9 MB (38:34) (audio file)
SLIDES 5 MB (PPT file)

With the ready availability of electronic medical records, personal-health records, ePrescribing, pharmacogenomics and a host of other data sources, we have a new arsenal of tools for pharmacy benefit management. Taken together, they create exciting possibilities for personalized medicine — but do they all offer potential for real progress? Dr. Brian Seiz will help make sense of all these technologies, put them into perspective, and examine which work to add value and which do not.

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