Managing Pharmacy Risk in Physician Groups

Abstract

During the last 15 years, the number and type of managed care contracts has grown appreciably As health plans have struggled to meet the mandate to control costs, they have revamped old tools and applied them in new ways. One such technique involves phaffi1acy cost risk sharing with physician groups. Pharmacy risk sharing invites all P?rties to manage the pharmacy benefit jointly and share the positive or negative financial consequences. Long used in California, risk sharing is becoming more common in other parts of the country and has presented a new opportunity for pharmacists to apply their clinical and