David Burton

Although the cost savings are a benefit, explains David Burton, R.Ph., M.B.A., Northwest Regional Pharmacy Director for CIGNA HealthCare, the truly exciting result of the pilot was the positive impact on our member's health. He goes on to say, Of the H. pylori-positive members that met the original inclusion criteria and were treated with antibiotics, 100 percent said they are feeling better since completing their treatment regimen.be not this what managed care is all about -- improving the quality of life of our members?.

Participating Medicine Shoppe ® pharmacists in the Kansas City area will share in the cost savings generated by the program, an amount pre-determined in the program contract.Because of the tangible results of the pilot program, CIGNA HealthCare, Inc. and Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. are now in talks to expand the peptic ulcer disease management program to other major markets in the U.S.

Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. is the nation's largest franchiser of professional community pharmacies, with nearly 1, 100 stores in the U.S. and 200 stores in Taiwan, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, the Phillipines, Australia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Thailand.