Government Contracting In The Medication Management Space – An OPEN MINDS Update

Medications are a large and growing portion of health care spending. There are a wide range of new medications coming to market with new indications, interactions, side effects, and expense profiles. In addition, payers are continually changing their approaches to how they manage consumer access to pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical costs (see Understanding Consumer Pharmacy Benefits Is Key To Integrated Care Success). So it is no surprise that over the past two years, there have been over 200 government RFPs released related to medications and medication management.

To give you a sense of the types of purchasing that is happening, I . . .