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Moral Hazzard & Managed Care Pharmacy (Exam II) Flashcards

1
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What is another word for moral hazard?

A

over utilization

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What is moral hazard?

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the theory that the redistribution of risk (insurance) changes people’s behaviors

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In regard to moral hazard, when insurance increases what also increases and why?

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health care usage because people are confident that insurance will cover them

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RAND- Health Insurance Experiment (RAND-HIE)

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their goal is to reduce adverse selection; therefore, people will be assigned to different kinds of cost sharing

In other words, to get rid of adverse selection RAND-HIE will spread people through different options of cost sharing or increase variation of cost sharing

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Explain the free market in relation to RAND-HIE

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patients will pay for services through premiums like a ‘pre-payment’ for using services

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What is provider indued demand?

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individuals choose what or whether services to buy

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True or False: Health care is a negative good.

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True

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What is utilization determined by?

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Need

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9
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What is utilization not determined by?

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Price

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10
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Health care delivery systems can create ____?

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demand

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Managed Care Pharmacy

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evidence-based medicine to reeducate on the appropriate use of medications which would lead to better patient outcomes while lowering the over-utilization of resources

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Who are the players in managed care? (7)

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  1. employer groups
  2. Medicaid
  3. Medicare
  4. Physicians
  5. PBM
  6. Patients
  7. Big Pharma
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What is PBM?

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pharmacy benefits manager; a company that administers pharmacy benefit and design

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What are some of the resources that PBM offers? (3)

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manage prescription drug benefits
help make sure patients have access to safe and effective and affordable medications
decision support

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Where do you see PBMs?

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retail, mail, and specialty

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What are the specific tasks of a PBM?

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  1. manage formularies
  2. contracts with pharmaceutical manufactures
  3. offer medication therapy
  4. health and wellness programs (smoking cessation, health risk assessment, disease management)
  5. offer and design clinical programs
17
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Who do PBMs serve?

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  1. insurance groups
  2. blue cross/blue shield
  3. corporate health plans
  4. government entities
  5. Third Party Administrators
  6. Medicare Part D individuals
18
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What are the focuses of managed care pharmacy?

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  1. clinical programs
  2. quality
  3. medication utilization review
  4. evidence and data analytics to support decisions
  5. formulary management
19
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What is a drug formulary?

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comprehensive medication list that has been to together by physicians, pharmacists, and other health care professionals to treat and diagnose diseases

20
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What is the purpose of drug formularies?

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encourages use of safe, effective, and affordable medications

21
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Who are the formularies used by?

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  1. Hospitals/Health Systems
  2. Employer Groups
  3. Managed Care Organizations
  4. Pharmacy Benefit Managers
  5. Government Agencies (Medicare and VA)
22
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What are three things that formularies accomplish?

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  1. offer one or more therapeutic recommendations per disease state
  2. facilitates purchasing and prescribing
  3. manages cost by reducing duplication of medication
23
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Drug Formularies use a _____ tool with drug manufactures so drugs can be discounted.

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negotiation

24
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What are examples of organizations that provide guidance for drug formularies?

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  1. CMS
  2. AMCP
  3. ICER
25
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What are the two most important concepts about drug formulations?

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  1. medications on formulary are determined by pharmacy and therapeutics committee
  2. P&T are made up of doctors, pharmacists and other professionals
26
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How are formularies sorted?

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by tiers

27
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What is an open formulary?

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the payer may provide coverage for all formulary and non-formulary drugs

28
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What is a closed formulary?

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non-formulary drugs are not reimbursed by the payer

29
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True or False: Payers will not create extra tiers to gain more memberships in certain drug classes and categories.

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False; they can

30
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What are examples of extra tiers?

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  1. Specialty Injectionable
  2. Lifestyle Medications
  3. Value Based Copay
  4. High Cost Generic Teirs
  5. Percentage copays
31
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What is used to determine quality?

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  1. Medicare Part D
  2. Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
  3. Drug Safety Programs
  4. Medication Therapy Management
32
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Examples of Clinical Programs?

A
  1. Disease management
  2. Medication Management
  3. Adherence Programs
  4. SDOH programs
  5. Health Disparity Initiative

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