Resources

Adherence Policy

INCREASED MEDICATION UTILIZATION LEADS TO DECREASED MEDICAL COSTS

• Increased Use of Prescription Drugs Reduces Medical Costs in Medicaid Populations– Health Affairs 2015
• Effects of Prescription Drug Insurance on Hospitalization and Mortality: Evidence from Medicare Part D– National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014

medication synchronization

medication therapy management

comprehensive medication management

Star Ratings

• A Synchronized Prescription Refill Program Improved Medication Adherence– Health Affairs 2016

Adherence Polls

• Public Poll Memo 2013
• Medication Adherence PPT

Adherence Research

American Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy

• Impact of a Physician-led Point of Care Medication Delivery System on Medication Adherence– July 2016
• Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Medication Adherence: A Review of Research Priorities– August 2014
• The Economic Impact of Medicare Part D on CHF [PDF]
• Safety and Effectiveness of Mail Order Pharmacy Use in Diabetes

JAMA

• Ingredients of Successful Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence

Adherence Reports

APHA

• Medication Costs and Adherence of Treatment Before and After the Affordable Care Act: 1999-2015

CVS

• Adherence: Why It's So Hard and What We Can Do About It

Frost & Sullivan

• Patient Nonadherence - Tools for Combating Persistence and Compliance Issues

IMS Health

• Improving Type 2 Diabetes Therapy Adherence and Persistence in the U.S.
• Medicines Use and Spending Shifts: A Review of the Use of Medicines in the U.S. in 2014
• Effect of a Continuous Measure of Adherence with Infliximab
• IMS Literature Review

Kaiser Permanente

• Electronic Health Records Linked to Improved Care for Patients with Diabetes

NCPA

• Medication Adherence in America: A National Report Card

NCPIE

• Accelerating Progress in Prescription Medicine Adherence: The Adherence Action Agenda

NCSL

• Medication Adherence: Taking Pills as Ordered

PQA

• Update on Medicare Plan Ratings 2012

Truven

• Medicare Part D and Cost Related Nonadherence