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Pharmacy Contract Management Automation

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Contracting Tool Features

 

The solution has many soft benefits especially in the Audit process. This HIS solution has a "rules based" editing module similar to a pre and post edit offered by most claims switching companies. The edits are very flexible so that the NCPDP field names are inserted in a "If, Then, Else" rules which has a very simple user interface that guides the user through each step. We can add rules, setup alerts and creates paper or paperless reports to proactively stop or mitigate expensive audits costing thousands of dollars and unfavorable media attention. Additionally, the contract management solution forces process improvement across your organization

  • Mutually Acepted Auditor

  • Scope of the Audit

  • The audit rights will tell you how “transparent” the relationship is….disclosure is not transparent

  • Non-Disclosure Agreements

 

System Features

  • Provide Pharmacies with Similar Reporting Tools Used By the Very Profitable Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies (PBM)

  • Identification and Recovery of All Underpaid Dollars
  • Your Organization can enforce Transparency and inprove Bargaining Power Needed To Negotiate Most Favorable Terms As Opposed To Being Forced To Accept Unprofitable Contracts
  • Contract Modeling Tool can improve Reimbursement Rates, MAC Pricing, And Drug Formularies analyzed using historical data
  • Contract Version Control Solution
  • Negotiating the Most Favorable Contract for Your Business
  • Allows user to create “time stamped” notes that are viewable in client maintenance screens
  • RSS Feeds of Industry News
  • Links to Articles Related to Managed Care Reimbursement Issues
  • Articles and White Papers Published
  • In addition, the new site will contain a secure section for clients to log-in and review their Reports. 
  • Claims Data Warehouse and Reporting Solution

     

      

    • Our proven model begins and ends with its powerful claims data warehouse solution that consolidates data files from all pharmacies participating on the network.
    • The pharmacy would login using a standard Internet Browser to view its sales metrics and trending reports at store, state, region, MLS, ZIP Code, Area Code, DAW, Manufacturer, Physician, etc.
    • Additionally, the database’s “SMART” agents are continuous searching for underpaid claims.
    •  Once an underpaid claim is discovered the system continues processing until an exhaustive analysis is completed.
    • The result is a complete report showing why the claim was underpaid with probability scores, so very little manual work is needed to re-coup underpayments.        

       

    Pharmacy Services Administration Organizations

    Our solution allows for Industry wide consolidation and use of decision support tools for better negotiations and bargaining power. Independent Pharmacies, Supermarkets, Mass Merchants, and Small to Medium Drug Store Chains can unite and demand preferred reimbursement terms.

    PBM Market Share by Number of Covered Lives


    Top 25 Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies and Market Share By Membership, as of 1st Quarter 2009

    Atlantic Information Services compiles these data from pharmacy benefit management companies and other publicly available information sources.

    Company
    Rx Covered Lives
    Market Share
    CVS/Caremark Rx, Inc.
    82,000,000
    12.02%
    Walgreens-OptionCare
    75,000,000
    10.99%
    ICORE Healthcare, Inc.
    60,000,000
    8.79%
    Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    60,000,000
    8.79%
    Express Scripts/CuraScript
    55,000,000
    8.06%
    NovoLogix (formerly Ancillary Care Management)
    40,000,000
    5.86%
    WellPoint NextRx
    35,049,000
    5.14%
    Argus Health Systems, Inc.
    28,600,000
    4.19%
    MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
    27,000,000
    3.96%
    HealthTrans
    15,300,000
    2.24%
    Prime Therapeutics, LLC
    14,700,000
    2.15%
    Provider Synergies, LLC
    14,000,000
    2.05%
    ACS, Inc.
    14,000,000
    2.05%
    Health Information Designs, Inc.
    12,000,000
    1.76%
    RxStrategies, Inc.
    12,000,000
    1.76%
    ScriptSave
    12,000,000
    1.76%
    Prescription Solutions
    11,754,249
    1.72%
    Aetna Pharmacy Management (APM)
    11,000,000
    1.61%
    First Health Services Corporation
    10,000,000
    1.47%
    Walgreens Health Services Division
    9,700,000
    1.42%
    CIGNA Pharmacy Management
    6,400,000
    0.94%
    Catalyst Rx
    6,028,140
    0.88%
    RESTAT, LLC
    6,000,000
    0.88%
    Sanovia Corporation
    5,000,000
    0.73%
    Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc.
    5,000,000
    0.73%
    39 other pharmacy benefit industry participants
    54,807,060
    8.03%
     
    SOURCE: Atlantic Information Services' (AIS) exclusive quarterly survey of pharmacy benefit management companies conducted by Drug Benefit News during the 1st quarter of 2009.

     

    METHODOLOGY: Survey conducted by AIS researchers and supplemented by publicly available information sources. Survey includes companies that describe themselves as PBMs, pharmacy benefit administrators, specialty pharmacy providers and others providing pharmacy benefit services. Membership=lives covered under any/all pharmacy benefit contracts served by the company; members may be served by multiple contracts held by a single company or by multiple companies, and so may be counted more than once. Company market shares calculated as percentage of total industry-wide membership identified in this database.

     

     

    PBM Market Share by claim volume


    Top 25 Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies and Market Share By Annual Prescription Volume, as of 1st Quarter 2009

    Atlantic Information Services compiles these data from pharmacy benefit management companies and other publicly available information sources.

    Company
    Total Rx/Year
    Market Share
    CVS/Caremark Rx, Inc.
    594,999,120
    15.09%
    Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    586,000,000
    14.86%
    Argus Health Systems, Inc.
    578,000,000
    14.66%
    Express Scripts/CuraScript
    420,400,000
    10.66%
    WellPoint NextRx
    267,651,000
    6.79%
    Prescription Solutions
    254,091,612
    6.44%
    ACS, Inc.
    250,000,000
    6.34%
    MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
    170,400,000
    4.32%
    First Health Services Corporation
    148,500,000
    3.77%
    Prime Therapeutics, LLC
    120,000,000
    3.04%
    HealthTrans
    97,330,000
    2.47%
    Aetna Pharmacy Management (APM)
    89,709,989
    2.27%
    Walgreens Health Services Division
    84,105,927
    2.13%
    CIGNA Pharmacy Management
    75,000,000
    1.90%
    Catalyst Rx
    51,170,234
    1.30%
    SXC Health Solutions, Inc.
    39,362,980
    1.00%
    RESTAT, LLC
    24,000,000
    0.61%
    ScriptSave
    17,000,000
    0.43%
    FutureScripts
    13,182,861
    0.33%
    PerformRx
    9,771,216
    0.25%
    National Pharmaceutical Services
    8,500,000
    0.22%
    Navitus Health Solutions, LLC
    8,000,000
    0.20%
    BioScrip
    7,735,710
    0.20%
    RegenceRx
    5,237,234
    0.13%
    NovoLogix (formerly Ancillary Care Management)
    4,800,000
    0.12%
    32 other pharmacy benefit industry participants
    18,572,029
    0.47%
     
     
     
     
     
     
    SOURCE: Atlantic Information Services' (AIS) exclusive quarterly survey of pharmacy benefit management companies conducted by Drug Benefit News during the 1st quarter of 2009.
     
    METHODOLOGY: Survey conducted by AIS researchers and supplemented by publicly available information sources. Survey includes companies that describe themselves as PBMs, pharmacy benefit administrators, specialty pharmacy providers and others providing pharmacy benefit services. Prescriptions=Rx filled via all channels offered by each company, including retail, mail-order and specialty pharmacy. Market shares calculated as percentage of total annual prescriptions reported by companies responding to survey.