Health Plan Strategies for Medication Adherence

Health Plan Strategies for Medication Adherence

Medication non-adherence accounts for approximately $300 billion in avoidable health care costs. Organizations across the health care system are creating and implementing programs to improve medication adherence in an attempt to improve outcomes, manage chronic disease, and lower health care costs.

The Health Plan Strategies for Medication Adherence Summit brings together health plan pharmacy professionals to discuss best practices for improving medication adherence among members. Explore strategies to address direct to consumer advertising, discover ROI of medication adherence programs, uncover ways to engage and incentivize providers, and understand the impact adherence has on star ratings.

Key Topics for 2015:

• Identify which consumers may be non-adherent and determine populations that benefit most from intervention
• Examine the success of consumer incentives in encouraging behavior change and how to implement incentive programs where appropriate
• Consider how health literacy influences consumer behavior and incorporate health literacy into message and program creation
• Discover strategies to incorporate technology into medication adherence and disease management programs
• Hear the hospital perspective about how best to communicate to patients to improve adherence
• Uncover the impact of medication adherence on quality measures and star ratings
• Explore ways to increase communication among providers and promote collaboration
• Motivate providers to participate in medication adherence programs through incentive payments and shared savings