Patrick Gleason, PharmD, Discusses the Current and Forthcoming Trends in Specialty Pharmacy Management

Patrick Gleason, PharmD, director of Health Outcomes, Prime Therapeutics, says there are many current and forthcoming trends in specialty pharmacy management.

“If you don’t have a clear understanding of what your expenditures are through both the pharmacy and medical benefit, then you’re unable to make wise decisions,” said Dr Gleason

Future trends in specialty pharmacy must analyze specialty drug expenditures via both medical and pharmacy benefit, and then start to apply the pharmacy benefit management and med policy decisions that are integrated. For example, care or case management that is integrated with the health plan and pharmacy benefit manager is just one of the few services trending in specialty pharmacy management.