Caremark whittles costs through total health care management
Employee Benefit News, December, 2005 by Jill Elswick
It sounds like a Zen riddle: To reduce costs, sometimes you must spend more. But in the practice of pharmacy benefit management, this statement can hold true - if, by spending more on prescription medications, you avert medical crises such as cardiac arrests.
On the other hand, many people suffering from chronic conditions could decrease their need for medication through simple lifestyle changes. Others may not realize that certain prescription drugs, when taken together, could harm them.
The key to paring down the nation's staggering health care costs is to focus on the big picture, suggests Jan Berger, M.D., senior vice president and chief clinical officer for Caremark Rx, Inc. The Nashville-based firm emerged as the nation's second-largest pharmaceutical...
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