Pharmacy Prior Authorization: Influencing the Prescribing Habits of Physicians
According to the Washington Post, prescription drug purchases in the United States rose to $216.7 billion in 2006, up 8.5 percent from 2005.* The primary driver of higher drug spending, according to economists, was increased consumption. Ensuring patients receive medication with the best value for their medical condition is critical.Pharmacy Prior Authorization (PA) is a quick, decisive, and successful cost savings program for Medicaid programs. It requires physicians to get authorization before prescribing cost prohibitive and/or clinically inappropriate drugs to patients. This process allows our customers to limit expensive pharmaceuticals to only those patients for whom the drug is clinically appropriate.
GHS clinical pharmacists, supported by an automated electronic determination process, review and authorize completed PA requests in fewer than four hours. Their clinical expertise, industry knowledge, and unparalleled dedication lead to costs savings and quality improvement.
