Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Task Force on Drug Payment Methodologies. 2007. AMCP Guide to Pharmaceutical Payment Methods, Vvrsion 1.0. Alexandria, VA AMCP, October, 2007. 

Approved on July 27, 2004 by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Apothecaries, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives. 

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Concepts in managed care drug use evaluation. Alexandria, VA. 1999. 

Scientific, engineering, or learned. The purpose is to advance the body of knowledge in the field and keep members updated on trends and developments in the respective profession or trade. Examples are the American Pharmacist Association (APhA) or the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. 

Dr. Peterson is a member of several pharmacy organizations, including the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and the Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists. 

An nine-member Board of Directors, eight of whom are elected by the active membership, governs the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy the ninth member is the employed Executive Director. Thirteen committees aid the Board in its governance, with jurisdiction over various segments of the organization s activities. 

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy AMCP www.amcp.org 800-827-2627... 

An excellent resource for information about pharmacy fellowships is the ACCP Directory of Residencies and Fellowships. - This source provides information on over 100 individual fellowship programs. Additional information on fellowships can be obtained from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy " - and the American Pharmaceutical Association. Currently, fellowships can be served in the following areas ... 

Where We Stand Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Stables, C., Ed. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Virginia, 1999 1-12. 

Drug Use Evaluation, The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. http //amcp.org/public/pubs/concepts/druguse.html (accessed March 2001). 

Another regulatory issue is therapeutic interchange of medications. PBM clinical departments often set up internal protocols for alternate product substitution within a therapeutic class. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy contends that therapeutic substitution is practicing pharmacy. In one of its position papers, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy supports the use of therapeutic interchange programs. The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy contends that this decision is ultimately that of the physician. 

Where We Stand, Therapeutic Interchange, Position Paper. Revised by the AMCP Board of Directors, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 100 North Pitt Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 1999, November (www.amcp. org). 

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy web site www. amcp.org... 

Approximately 20 of the 100 employees of the American Pharmaceutical Association are pharmacists. Of 20 employees of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, 4 are pharmacists. The American College of Clinical Pharmacy, with a staff of 30, employs 6 who are pharmacists. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, with a staff of approximately 175 persons, has a larger proportion who are pharmacists due to their extensive publishing efforts. 

Naomi Burgess / Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, South Melbourne, Australia Judith A. Cahill / Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A. 

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Format for Formulary Submissions, Version 2.0. Alexandria, VA, The Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy, October 2002 available at http //www.fmcpnet.org/fmcp.cfm c = resources a3. 

North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706-1515 Tel 608/262-5378, Fax 608/262-3397, http //www.aihp.org AMCP Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy... 

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