Economic Outcomes Associated with Safety Interventions by a Pharmacist-Adjudicated Prior Authorization Consult Service

Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
Sherin JacobJamie N Brown

Abstract

The establishment of a formulary management system ensures that health care professionals work together in an integrated patient care process to promote clinically sound, safe, and cost-effective medication therapy. Pharmacists have a foundational role within this system. A pharmacist-adjudicated prior authorization drug request (PADR) consult service has the potential to optimize drug therapy by decreasing medication misuse, minimizing adverse drug events (ADEs), and preventing medication errors. To (a) determine cost avoidance associated with pharmacist-adjudicated PADR safety interventions within the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System and (b) evaluate cost savings associated with pharmacist-adjudicated PADRs not approved due to a safety intervention, evaluate cost avoidance and direct cost savings based on clinical specialty of pharmacist adjudicating PADR, and characterize severity of avoided ADEs. Pharmacist-adjudicated PADRs not approved between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, because of safety interventions were retrospectively reviewed. Cost avoidance was determined by multiplying the probability of ADE occurrence in the absence of PADR safety intervention by the estimated cost avoided based on the type of inte...Continue Reading

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