How to Practice and Teach #HighValueCare Steven R. Brown, Ryan Evans, MD University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Family Medicine Residency
High Value Prescribing: The Price is Right
High-intensity Statin Therapy There are two “High-Intensity Statins” 1. atorvastatin 80mg 2. rosuvastatin 20mg All prices from goodrx.com 3/30/16 Walgreens Phoenix, AZ
$ $15.35 Rx: Atorvastatin 80mg 1 month supply Rx: Rosuvastatin 20mg 1 month supply
Neuropathy Pain
$15 $ Rx: pregabalin 75mg PO BID 1 month supply Rx: gabapentin 300mg PO TID 1 month supply
$ $5 Rx: Metformin 500mg BID 1 month supply Rx: Sitagliptin 100mg 1 month supply
Some ways you can become a high value prescriber Be aware of the costs (and cost discrepancies) –goodrx.com –healthcarebluebook.com Know the data –Check your favorite resource—dynamed, uptodate, Cochrane Go through the STEPS
STEPS: What you need to know about a drug Safety Tolerability Efficacy Price Simplicity
High Value Prescribing Be a healthy skeptic, and be cautious when prescribing new drugs Apply STEPS and know drug prices Use generic medications and compare value Restrict access to pharmaceutical representatives and samples Prescribe conservatively Brown, SR. The why and how of high-value prescribing. Am Fam Phys Feb 15, 2016
Resources Choosing Wisely - choosingwisely.orgchoosingwisely.org Healthcare Bluebook - healthcarebluebook.comhealthcarebluebook.com GoodRx - goodrx.comgoodrx.com Teaching Value Project - ACP High Value Care Curriculum - hvc.acponline.org hvc.acponline.org Costs of Care - UCSF Center for Healthcare Value - healthvalue.ucsf.eduhealthvalue.ucsf.edu ABIM Foundation - RightCare Alliance - rightcarealliance.orgrightcarealliance.org Lown Institute - lowninstitute.orglowninstitute.org American Family Physician STEPS: New Drug Reviews m?departmentId=4&page=0 m?departmentId=4&page=0 American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs drugs/best-buy-drugs/index.htm drugs/best-buy-drugs/index.htm Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely Challenge News/2015/Winners-of-Teaching-Value-Choosing-Wisely- Challenge.aspx Cooke M. Cost Consciousness in Patient Care — What Is Medical Education's Responsibility? N Engl J Med 2010; 362: Moriates C, Arora V, Shah N. Building A Pipeline of Change: Teaching About Cost Awareness and Evidence- Based Medicine. In: Moriates C, Arora V, Shah N. eds. Understanding Value-Based Healthcare. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; JAMA Internal Medicine “Less is More” series
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