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Review Pharmacy Data for Potential Savings (language only)

Item 84 #4s

Item 84 #4s

Administration
Administration of Health Insurance

Language

Page 74, after line 46, insert:

"H.  The Department for Human Resources Management shall issue a Request for Information (RFI) for vendors capable of analyzing the state employee health plan's pharmacy claims data for high-cost specialty drugs.  The department shall provide at least two years of data to those vendors responding to the RFI.  If the department determines from the results of the RFI that the state could generate greater pharmacy savings, then the department shall contract with a vendor to carve out high-cost specially drugs to reduce the pharmacy spend of the health plan.)



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Department of Human Resources Management to request through a Request for Information (RFI) process from vendors capable of analyzing the state employee health plan's pharmacy claims data for high-cost specialty drugs. If it is determined that the state could generate greater pharmacy savings then the department shall contract with a vendor to carve out high-cost specially drugs to reduce the pharmacy spend of the health plan.)