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Articles in Sept, 2002 issue of Drug Cost Management Report

• Prescription drug trends remain high, but are decreasing from a year ago
• Payers may gain upper hand on allergy, ulcer drug costs—thanks to OTC switches
• West Virginia expects to save $25 million over the next three years
• Medco Health Solutions says its home delivery unit has already achieved a 91% generic substitution rate for lisinopril
• Designing, contracting and promoting mail-order services
• Low-income seniors in Maryland have a new prescription drug benefit approved by the Department of Health and Human Services
• States tackle psychiatric drug costs with polypharmacy programs
• Emerging technologies and their implications for the pharmacy benefit
  by Chris Nee
• The Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board has signed a three-year agreement with Medco Health Solutions
• MassMed employs therapeutic substitution to control spending on PPIs, anti-inflammatories, antihistamines
• Coming in October
• Approximately two-thirds of all prescriptions written in the U.S. are processed by a PBM
• A new survey reports on a variety of efforts being used by employers to control the costs of prescription drugs and other health benefits
• A study of South African families shows that plans that pay for prescriptions from a medical savings account result in 47% less discretionary spending - MSA