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Payors have members with multiple chronic conditions who are taking multiple medications, and using up a disproportionate share of your healthcare dollars. This chronically ill segment -- usually between 3 and 5.5 percent of commercial or retiree populations -- accounts for 32 to 42 percent of your total drug spend. At the same time, it is essential to monitor the entire population to help prevent members from reaching this at-risk group. Your organization needs a holistic approach to utilization management that traditional RDUR and MTM programs don't offer.

Our MedMonitor® Complete Program is a winning combination of two components that can stand alone, or, when used together, provide the maximum benefit: MedMonitor®24 and MedMonitor®XR.

MedMonitor24 helps prevent your healthcare costs from escalating by providing a safety net for your entire member population. By helping to prevent medication-related problems, it helps keep members out of the most expensive extreme-risk segment of your member population.

MedMonitor24 produced outstanding results in 2007:

• 7.8-to-1 return on total healthcare investment
• 31% of our clinically recommended changes were implemented by prescribers

MedMonitorXR helps reduce your pharmacy benefit and other healthcare costs by targeting your most at-risk patients for intense, concentrated management. This program component provides the flexibility to meet your requirements by providing customized solutions. Any or all of the following intervention options are available:

• Polypharmacy (coordinates care for the most complex pharmacy patients)
• Appropriateness of therapy (identifies patients with chronic diseases who are not on the correct medication)
• Compliance and persistency (educates patients on importance of medication adherence)
• Inappropriate medications in the elderly (helps ensure seniors are not taking harmful medications)

One client realized these impressive results in 2007 with MedMonitorXR:

• 3.7-to-1 ROI with our polypharmacy option
• $54 in savings per member per month for the intervened patients

Help reduce overall healthcare costs while improving members' well-being by implementing MedMointor Complete, which will:

• Optimize therapeutic outcomes through improved medication use
• Deliver face-to-face consultations to patients at network pharmacies
• Offer in-house clinical care center access to patients and prescribers
• Communicate directly with prescribers via multiple contact modes to promote the best possible connection
• Coordinate patient care
• Provide patient education to help them manage their medication therapy

Contact your Walgreens representative if you would like to receive a cost savings estimate based on your plan's prescription utilization and benefit design.