Managed care programs

The Chemical Manufacturers Association s Code of Management Practice for Process Safety is oriented toward the chemical industry, and describes the elements of a process safety management program as part of CMA s Responsible Care program. 

Plant management personnel will have significantly greater roles in working with the community, for example, under the Responsible Care program, of the Chemical Manufacturers Association [274-276] ... 

The Responsible Care program of the American Chemistry Council embraces HMACs as one good way to communicate relevant and useful information that responds to public concerns for safety, health, and the environment. However, managers are finding many other ways to interact with the public to achieve a fuller measure of community awareness and involvement in affairs of mutual interest. Among the many options from which a manager may choose are the following ... 

Gurnee, MC and Da Silva, RV. Constructing disease management programs. Manage. Care Mag. 1997 1-9. Available at www.managedcaremag.com/ar-chives/9706/9706.disease man.shtml, accessed August 5, 2002. 

Managed care plans have learned to mine claims data, looking for members who have elevated lead blood levels, pregnancy tests, diagnoses of chronic disease, or are filling medicafions no longer considered efficacious. These are opportunities to intervene with both members and providers to improve access to preventive services, educational programs, and state-of-the-art clinical care. 

A recent advance in pharmacy residency training is expansion of residency accredifafion to include community and managed care pharmacy residencies. In partnership with the APhA for community pharmacy and the AMCP for managed care, the ASHP has established residency standards and reviews of fhese programs. In addition, expansion of community pharmacy residency programs has also been supported by the NACDS and... 

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