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MODULE 9: KEY TERMS

Managed care prescriptions

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Adjudication: Third-party insurance approval process.
Audit: A formal examination of an organization to verify accounts.
Average Acquisition Cost: Average cost the pharmacy pays for drugs from a wholesaler.
Average Manufacturer Price: Average price a wholesaler pays the manufacturer for drugs (for retail pharmacies only).
Average Wholesale Price: A price used for pharmacy pricing and reimbursement from insurance payers.
Bank Identification Number: Six-digit number on an insurance card that the pharmacy uses to identify which insurance provider should receive the claim.
Bioequivalent: Medication that releases its active ingredient at the same rate and in the same amounts as the original medication to produce the same blood levels of the medication.
Claims Reconciliation: The process of comparing claims submissions to claims payments to detect incorrect claims rejections, underpayments, or overpayments.
Deductible: A form of patient cost-sharing. The amount that must be inccured and paid by the patient during a specified time period before benefits are paid by the insurance company.
Direct Acquisition Cost: Cost to the pharmacy for direct purchases (from a manufacturer other than the pharmacy wholesaler).
Drug Utilization Review: A process in which patterns of prescribing, dispensing, and using prescription medications are monitored. May be prospective or retrospective.
Estimated Acquisition Cost: Estimated price that state Medicaid programs use for pharmacy reimbursement.
Group Number: A set of numbers or letters (or combination of both) that identifies the specific benefits plan for the member.
Maximum Allowable Cost: The maximum amount that an insurance provider or PBM will pay or generic medications (or brand-name medications with generic available).
Multiple-Source Generic Medications: A medication that has a generic form available.
National Average Drug Acquisition Cost: An average of medication acquisition costs from retail pharmacies.
Out-Of-Pocket Expenses: Medical expenses that are not covered by insurance . They may include copayments, deductible, and coinsurance.
Pharmaceutical Equivalents: Medication that have the same active ingredients, dosage form, route of adminstration, and strength as another medication. They may differ with regard to shape, color, packaging, and inactive ingredients.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager: Specializes in the management of the prescription portion of a managed health care plan. PBMs contract with participating pharmacies , process claims, control costs, and manage the various elements of the pharmacy benefit.
Prior Authorization: A requirement that specific medications be covered only if approved by the third-party payer. Usually prescribers or pharmacists must certify that the medication is medically necessary and superior to less costly alternatives before approval is given.
Processor Control Number: A numerical identifier on an insurance card that may be used to route prescription claims.
Remittance Advice: An electronic transaction that provides claim payment information and is used to post information into a pharmacy or health care system.
Therapeutic Equivalent: Medications that are pharmaceutical equivalents and have the same clinical effect and safety profile.
Third-Party Programs: Private health benefit programs and government-run programs t pay for prescriptions on behalf of patients.
Wholesale Acquisition Cost: The list price set by manufacturers for wholesalers.
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