Pharmacy Times September 20, 2024
Alexandra Gerlach, Associate Editor

Shifting from a vertical, isolated care model into a collaborative approach can improve the clinician and patient experience.

Health equity remains a persistent challenge in health care, affecting access to timely medications and ongoing treatment across disease states, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, and races. Patients with cancer and their providers often face a complex web of barriers, including prior authorizations, high treatment costs, and fragmented communication between health care providers, all of which undermine both effective care and patient outcomes. These barriers, coupled with the growing influence of PBM-owned specialty pharmacies (SPs), create a challenging landscape for both patients and providers. However, one potential solution gaining attention is the use of medically integrated pharmacies (MIPs), which was discussed by a panel...

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