Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 01, 2012
PMSI, the nations largest provider of specialty products and services for the workers compensation market, announced dates for its 2012 Annual Drug Trends Webinar Series. This series of four complimentary webinars will address the findings from its recently released Annual Drug Trends Report, which represents one of the most extensive analyses of workers’ compensation pharmacy spend. The report is based on PMSI’s evaluation of 5.1 million retail and mail order transactions, analyzed from calendar years 2009 2011.
This years report is by far the most extensive in the industry and, as such, we felt the information would be more valuable if discussed by topic area, stated Jay Krueger, Chief Strategy and Client Services Officer for PMSI. This provides an opportunity for us to more effectively deliver the data and trend analysis in the most meaningful way.
The schedule of topics for the 2012 Annual Drug Trends Report Webinar Series is as follows:
Overall Spending Trends
Thursday, May 24; 2:00 3:00 p.m. EDT
����Top styles inside pharmacy spend
����Spend Influences including AWP increases, drug blend plus utilization
����Managing spend by PBM programs
Narcotics Utilization
Thursday, June 7; 2:00 3:00 p.m. EDT
����New results about narcotics utilization, including OxyContin�, Actiq� plus Fentora�
����Impact of narcotic utilize about claims fees plus return to work
����Using predictive modeling to find high-risk injured employees plus scam, waste plus misuse situations
����How medical programs may impact narcotics utilization
Prescription Allocations for MSAs
Thursday, June 21; 2:00 3:00 p.m. EDT
����Current industry land associated to the pharmacy component of MSA allocations
����How pharmacy fees are impacting claims closures
����Early intervention choices as well as the advantages of using a PBM to control MSA prescription fees plus MSA allocations
Legislative and Regulatory Impacts on Pharmacy Spend
Thursday, June 28; 2:00 3:00 p.m. EDT
����Physician dispensing plus drug repackaging
����Pricing benchmarks plus methodologies
����Early assessment of Texas Closed Formulary impact
����Compound treatments
Registration is available at: http://www.PMSIonline.com/Drug-Trends
PMSIs 2012 Annual Drug Trends Report includes over 70 pages of information, charts and graphs that detail the results of this years analysis. To view online, request a printed copy, register for the webinar series, and view the video by PMSIs Dr. Maria Sciame who discusses the trends in this years report, visit http://www.pmsionline.com/Drug-Trends
About PMSI:
Founded inside 1976, PMSI is a leader inside developing solutions to control the development of health fees inside employees compensation. As among the countries biggest plus many experienced firms focused about employees compensation plus liability markets, you deliver proven solutions for expense containment over the claims lifecycle. PMSIs solutions for Pharmacy, Medical Services plus Equipment, plus Settlement Solutions deliver quantifiable results plus enhance the standard of care for injured employees. We offer the visitors with all the innovation, focus, expertise, analytics plus technologies required to effectively deliver employees compensation advantages. For more info, see http://www.pmsionline.com or call 877.ASK.PMSI.
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