May is time to educate family, friends and co-workers about these
diseases
BERWYN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In support of May as National
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, AscellaHealth
(Ascella), a national Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) serving
commercial, Medicare and Medicaid segments, calls for increased
awareness about how to manage the wide-ranging impact of these
conditions. Ascella empowers health plans, employer groups and unions to
overcome the challenges of asthma and allergies among plan members by
offering Clinical and Educational Programs. Designed to educate members
on their prescribed therapy beginning day one, these programs assist
with high deductible/co-insurance costs by utilizing financial
assistance programs and partnering with physicians and pharmacists
throughout the member’s course of treatment.
“Our high-touch model includes clinical interventions, adherence
counseling, psychosocial assessment, integrated nursing staff, refill
reminders and delivery coordination as part of Ascella’s innovative
specialty pharmacy strategy,” says Dea Belazi, president and CEO,
AscellaHealth. “We focus on improving outcomes and care coordination for
members living with asthma and allergies and offer discounted pricing as
part of the considerable value we create.”
Associated costs of treating these diseases have skyrocketed
in recent years, increasing to over $50 billion for direct medical
costs, $3 billion for missed work and school days and $29 billion due to
asthma-related mortality to total about $82 billion in costs to society.
Ascella’s program is available on a standalone basis, or as part of a
full-service pharmacy benefit management option that includes specialty
drug management, formulary management services/rebates, competitive
pricing and innovative discounting, drug utilization review, case
management services/therapy management, clinical review/prior
authorization, pharmacy and therapeutic management committee, flexible
claims adjudication system, drug information and news reporting.
“As a specialty-focused pharmaceutical management company, Ascella
optimizes the management of high-cost diseases, including discounted
drug pricing,” Belazi adds. “This May we urge stakeholders to consider
how our custom benefit designs can improve outcomes for members living
with asthma and allergies.”
About AscellaHealth
AscellaHealth,
a national PBM serving commercial, Medicare and Medicaid segments offers
high quality prescription drug management services along with other
customizable services, such as carved-out specialty pharmacy services
and cost-savings discount programs through its unique and proprietary
service that extends discounts on prescription medications to customers
more than any other PBM in the industry. Visit www.ascellahealth.com.
Contacts
Media:
Nicole Dufour
CPR Communications
ndufour@cpronline.com
201.641.1911
x 54