FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is AMCP?
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is a national professional association of pharmacists, healthcare practitioners and others who develop and provide clinical, educational and business management services in order to provide the best available pharmaceutical care for all patients.
What is Managed Care?
Managed care pharmacy is an organized health care delivery system that aims to improve quality and accessibility to health care in the most cost-effective manner.
Pharmacists in managed care are involved in developing and implementing comprehensive programs that deliver effective medication therapies and specific patient-care services to achieve positive patient outcomes. Managed care pharmacists are involved in...
The settings in which Managed Care Pharmacists may apply their expertise to include, but are not limited to:
Pharmacists in managed care are involved in developing and implementing comprehensive programs that deliver effective medication therapies and specific patient-care services to achieve positive patient outcomes. Managed care pharmacists are involved in...
- Community pharmacy
- Health benefit management firms and consultants
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Academia
The settings in which Managed Care Pharmacists may apply their expertise to include, but are not limited to:
- Formulary system management
- Drug distribution process
- Patient safety
- Clinical program development
- Communications with patients, physicians, and pharmacists
- Plan benefit designs
- Business management
- Cost managements
