Mission Possible: How Integrated Medical & Pharmacy Benefits Can Improve Specialty Drug Management

Pricing: Free for Members and Non-Members

Course Description

Unlock the potential of integrated medical and pharmacy benefits to enhance the management of specialty drug costs. This session explores strategies to align these benefits, enabling data-driven decision-making, streamlined utilization management, and improved member health outcomes. Participants will gain practical insights from a health plan’s real-world experience with integrated specialty management, highlighting opportunities for cost savings and enhanced care coordination.

Target Audience

Pharmacists who practice in managed care settings.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Compare different benefit designs and why integrated specialty drug management is important in optimizing member experience and managing cost.
  2. Summarize the impact on integrated specialty drug spend and trend.
  3. Describe how integrated management tools can be leveraged for specialty drugs.
  4. Describe a health plan’s experience successfully using integrated specialty management.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE
    The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
04/20/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2027
Cost:
$0.00

Yuquian Liu, PharmD
Senior Director, Specialty Clinical Solutions
Prime Therapeutics

Timothy O'Shea, MS, PharmD
Director, Specialty Pharmacy
Horizon BCBS

Camille Rabe, PharmD
Clinical Account Director
Prime Therapeutics

Disclosures:

Faculty/Reviewer/PlannerReported Relevant Financial Relationships
Yuqian Liu
Faculty		Employer PBM: Prime Therapeutics employee, not in disqualifying role
Timothy O'Shea
Faculty		Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Camille Rabe
Faculty		Employer PBM: Prime Therapeutics employee, not in disqualifying role
Timothy Mok
Peer Reviewer		Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Jennifer L. Evans
Planner		Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

 

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

ACPE UAN: 0233-0000-26-014-H04-P • Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Contact Hours: 1.25
Release Date: April 20, 2026 •  Expiration Date: December 31, 2027
Activity Fee: Free for Members and Non-Members

Participants should claim continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit for this home study activity only if they have not claimed credit for the live activity presented at AMCP 2026. CPE credit will be processed through the AMCP Learn portal and reported directly to CPE Monitor. Please allow 72 hours for processing and posting in your NABP account.

To receive credit for an online activity you must:

  • Review the full content of the activity.
  • Successfully complete the post-test (required to pass with a score of 70% or higher, it may be taken a maximum of three times).
  • Complete a specific activity evaluation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE
    The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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