Proton Pump Inhibitors - CME Conferences

6 th Annual Primary Care Spring Conference Thursday, April 12, 2012
April 20, 2011 —A report from the IMS Institute
for Healthcare Informatics
• Continuing a major trend, IMS finds that 78%
of the nearly 4 billion U.S. prescriptions
written in 2010 were for generic drugs.
• Commercial insurance helped pay for 63% of
prescriptions, down from 66% five years ago.
• Federal government spending through
Medicare Part D covered 22% of prescriptions.
Medicare Closing of the “Doughnut Hole”
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Wayne Weart, Pharm D
Cost Effective Rx