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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2015

Publication Title

Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association

Abstract

Henry Ford Health System in Detroit is seeking new ways to lower and cover costs for the large, low-income population it serves in southeastern Michigan. Employing a strategy that couples the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program with a prescription assistance program of its own creation, Henry Ford has seen improvement in the following areas: Increased medication adherence. Reduced readmissions. Cost savings that are sufficient to expand services where expansion otherwise would not have been feasible.

Medical Subject Headings

Cost Savings; Drug Costs/legislation & jurisprudence; Drug Industry/legislation & jurisprudence; Economics; Pharmaceutical/legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; Medicaid/economics; Michigan; Organizational Case Studies; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Poverty Areas; Safety-net Providers/economics; Uncompensated Care/economics; United States

PubMed ID

26595980

Volume

69

Issue

10

First Page

76

Last Page

81

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