This chartbook presents highlights and key comparisons from the statistical compendium on Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and reimbursement in 2009 that Mathematica prepared for CMS. Mathematica has prepared similar compendiums and chartbooks for 1999 and for each year from 2001 to 2009. The 2009...

This chartbook, prepared for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, presents highlights and key comparisons from the state-by-state and national tables in the statistical compendium on Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and reimbursement in 2007.

This chartbook, prepared for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, presents highlights and key comparisons from the state-by-state and national tables in the statistical compendium on Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and reimbursement in 2007.

This chartbook presents highlights and key comparisons from the statistical compendium on Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and reimbursement in 2009 that Mathematica prepared for CMS. Mathematica has prepared similar compendiums and chartbooks for 1999 and for each year from 2001 to 2009. The 2009...

Using Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) claims files for 1999 and 2001, the authors describe patterns of prescription drug use and expenditures among dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for all Medicaid full dually eligible beneficiaries and three important subgroups: the aged,...

This issue brief highlights a number of prescription drug issues that remain important for states after the shift of prescription drug coverage for Medicaid-Medicare dual eligibles to Medicare in 2006, including the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities and other settings. It focuses...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in the United States, affecting more than 5 million people at an expected cost of $34.8 billion in 2008. This article examines the association of medication adherence via the medication possession ratio with...

This issue brief highlights a number of prescription drug issues that remain important for states after the shift of prescription drug coverage for Medicaid-Medicare dual eligibles to Medicare in 2006, including the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities and other settings. It focuses...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in the United States, affecting more than 5 million people at an expected cost of $34.8 billion in 2008. This article examines the association of medication adherence via the medication possession ratio with...