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A special meeting to study issues related to prescription
drugs issues was held in Pierre Tuesday, August 7th, 2001.
Replay audio from the Interim Committee on Prescription Drugs. Listen
to a complete session or follow the "name" link for the
individual presentation.
Morning
Session
Overview of County Responsibility for the
Payment of Prescription Drugs - Jill
Wellhouse, Administrator of
Catastrophic County Poor Relief, Department of Social Services
Pricing Structure of Prescription Drugs -
Harvey C. Jewett, Chairman, Jewett Drug Company
Government Pricing Policies and their Affect on
Retail Pharmacies - Bill
Ladwig, R. Ph., Pharmacy Director,
Lewis Drug Stores
Medicare + Choice (AAPCC - Adjusted Average Per
Capita Cost) Payment Rates and Their Affect on Medicare Coverage,
Including Prescription Drugs - Ruth
Krystopolski, Executive
Director, Sioux Valley Health Plan
State Initiatives Addressing Prescription Drug
Costs and Access - Richard
Cauchi, Program Manager,
Pharmaceuticals Project, Health Care Program, National Conference of
State Legislatures
Afternoon
Session
Overview of States Prescription Drug Programs:
Costs, Trends, Outcomes, and Development Criteria - David
Gross,
Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
Pierre Pilot Program: Drug Therapy Management
- Jim
Stephens, R. Ph., Vilas Pharmacies
Controlling Pharmaceutical Costs Through Disease Management -
Jo Prang, R. Ph., Medicap Pharmacies, Dr. Michael C. Rost,
President, Health Care Medical Technology, Inc., Dean Krogman, South
Dakota Medical Association, and Ruth Krystopolski, Executive
Director and Lynn Thomas RN, Health Services Director, Sioux Valley
Health Plan (Diabetes Disease Management)
Committee Discussion and Staff Directives |
