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news.CVS Caremark, a pharmacy care provider in the US with integrated offerings across the entire spectrum of pharmacy care, is set to unveil a pilot of a real-time, integrated electronic prior authorization (ePA) capability for its CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) clients.
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The CVS Caremark ePA pilot will help the company’s PBM clients in improving patients’ experience and speed access to prescription medications.
It will also enable prescribers for coordinating a real-time ePA request when initiating a prescription for a patient.
CVS Caremark chief medical officer Troyen Brennan said the prior authorization process is currently evolving to keep pace as prescribers transition towards electronic prescribing and electronic patient records to better manage their patients’ pharmacy care.
"This pilot is an important step toward demonstrating how the industry can integrate ePA with e-prescribing to streamline and speed up processing of prior authorizations to ensure that members have quick access to care that is medically appropriate and cost-effective," Brennan said.