Dr. Ed Wong

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  "The medical benefit is vastly different than the pharmacy benefit," said Ed Wong, Pharm.D., vice president of pharmacy services at Premera Blue Cross.
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  Both Shea and Wong said that they have systems by which the patient's financial responsibility can be immediately determined.
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  Wong added that many of the benefit structures "are extremely complex for our members." Small companies, he said, are seeing rate increases that are "unsustainable." He said he also had seen companies "starting to put in out-of-pocket maximums for members.

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  Ed Wong, PharmD, vice president of clinical performance measurement and pharmacy services at Premera, said, "Given the intensity of their medical needs, a Premera member who needs specialty medications wants services designed to fit his or her situation.

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  "Everyday, we work to provide peace of mind to our members about their healthcare coverage," said Ed Wong, Vice President of Pharmacy for Premera.

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  "Premera's reputation with physicians and other healthcare providers throughout Washington dictated that we approach biologics with the same collaborative commitment that we have historically approached quality of care issues for our members," said Ed Wong, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP and Premera pharmacy director, referring to Premera's groundbreaking collaborative Quality Score Card program.
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  "Our next challenge is genomics which not only opens the potential for 'personalized medicine,' but will also add a maze of ethical considerations," said Dr. Wong.
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  In addition to Watkins and Dr. Wong, the report was authored by Sanchita Roy Choudhury, PhD, pharmacy program coordinator and senior internal consultant in Premera's Pharmacy Services, and Sean Sullivan, PhD, professor of pharmacy & public health and director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program at the University of Washington.
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  Dr. Wong is also a clinical professor of pharmacy at UW.

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  "The earlier public fear that generic drugs were somehow inferior has largely been overcome," says Ed Wong, Premera's vice president of pharmacy."It is time to declare victory in our efforts to educate people about the advantages of generic drugs."
  
  "Premera members have recognized the savings opportunities of generics for a number of years," Wong continued.
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  Wong believes consumers are now primed to take the next step.

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  Ed Wong, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Premera Blue Cross

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  "Premera's reputation with physicians and other healthcare providers throughout Washington dictated that we approach biologics with the same collaborative commitment that we have historically approached quality of care issues for our members," said Ed Wong, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP and Premera pharmacy director, referring to Premera's groundbreaking collaborative Quality Score Card program.
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  "Our next challenge is genomics which not only opens the potential for 'personalized medicine,' but will also add a maze of ethical considerations," said Dr. Wong.
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  In addition to Watkins and Dr. Wong, the report was authored by Sanchita Roy Choudhury, PhD, pharmacy program coordinator and senior internal consultant in Premera's Pharmacy Services, and Sean Sullivan, PhD, professor of pharmacy & public health and director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program at the University of Washington.
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  Dr. Wong is also a clinical professor of pharmacy at UW.

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  Contact: Ed Wong, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, 425-918-4085, ed.wong@premera.com

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  The physician members of the committee are "medical opinion leaders" from the community who represent large medical groups and are very vigilant about tracking drug risk signals from their practices, Premera Pharmacy Director Ed Wong, Pharm.D., tells The AIS Report.
  
  The plan's outreach efforts focus primarily on pay-for-performance programs for physicians in large medical groups, mostly based on formulary compliance, "especially since we feel that our P&T process" , which follows the scientific literature and national practice guidelines , "is very sound," Wong says."So when we promote formulary compliance, we promote efficacy and safety," he maintains.The insurer also sends pharmacists to meet with medical groups to discuss prescribing patterns and make sure they are providing quality and safe care, he adds.
  
  Yet when a high-profile problem comes up, the plan does take more aggressive action, Wong says.
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  Another COX-2 drug, Pfizer's Celebrex, remains as a third-tier drug for Premera, with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) given preferred status, Wong says.The Minnesota Blues plan, guided by Prime Therapeutics' general formulary, takes a different approach and has Celebrex on its second tier so that patients who may truly need it, such as the elderly who are potential gastrointestinal bleeders, can easily obtain it, Heaton says.The plan even implements step edits in order to identify such patients, he notes.

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