Medication Costs

• Important to assess patient expense as it may impact compliance
• Medications within the same therapeutic class can vary significantly in cost
  • Inhalers
  • Therapeutic AC
  • Insulin
  • GDMT
• Next steps
  • Conduct test scripts or use patient estimate features in EMR
  • Discuss costs with patient and assess affordability
  • If cost is prohibitive, collaborate with a pharmacist to identify alternative options
    • Co-payment cards
    • Patient assistance programs
    • Pharmacy Coupons
      • Good-Rx
    • Direct-to-consumer pharmacies
    • Public assistance programs
    • International online pharmacies
    • Real-time Prescription Benefit tools