Assignment: Current Trends and Issues in Managed Care
Using the Online library or the Internet, research on a series of topics that will help you understand the current issues regarding managed care. You can use keywords, such as (but not limited to) managed care, current trends and issues in managed care, pharmacy benefit management, or utilization management. Like many other aspects of health care, managed care is continually changing and evolving to meet current consumer and market demands. This week, you are required to write an essay on the following topics:
o Pharmacy benefit management
o Utilization management
Use the following guidelines for developing your essay:
o Select at least two articles for each topic from the library or Online Sources, and write a review for each source of information.
o Present a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that topic.
o Describe and evaluate the market forces, current trends, and changes in drug benefit programs over the last fifteen years.
o Discuss basic approaches and techniques used in utilization management.
o Analyze the future of utilization management approaches. How might they change and why?
o Justify your ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from reputable and scholarly texts, websites, and other references.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.