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A Pilot Program to Teach Pharmacy Students Practical Skills to Navigate Drug Insurance Benefits

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    • الموضوع:
      2022
    • Collection:
      MDPI Open Access Publishing
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Pharmacists must be able to navigate prescription drug coverages to help providers and patients reduce out-of-pocket costs. Traditionally, curricula on drug insurance benefits rely on lectures and lack a practicum that offers students hands-on experience with determining formulary and cost-sharing information. An activity for pharmacy students to update a free public website that summarizes formularies and copayment requirements across major insurers was piloted. Pharmacy students were trained to locate online formularies and identify a drug’s coverage tier, step therapy, prior authorization, and cost-sharing during a 6-week experiential rotation. Students checked formularies from six insurance plans for 250-plus drugs across 15 health conditions. Graduates were surveyed (74% response rate) about the activities’ impact on their learning and ability to navigate drug benefits. Respondents rated the training as helpful in learning whether a drug was covered (100%), or required step therapy or prior authorization (100%). The majority of graduates reported being able to look up formulary coverage (90%), step therapy or prior authorization (90%), and copayment requirements (65%). Our innovative skills-based pilot activity was effective in teaching pharmacy students to navigate insurance formularies, which is essential for helping patients access medications.
    • File Description:
      application/pdf
    • Relation:
      Pharmacy Education and Student/Practitioner Training; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10010023
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3390/pharmacy10010023
    • Rights:
      https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.FF38DD84