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The Peer-Reviewed Forum for Evidence in Benefit Design ™ May/June 2013

Volume 6, Number 4

For Payers, Purchasers, Policymakers, and Other Healthcare Stakeholders

EDITORIAL

Reflections on Japan’s Complex Medical Culture David B. Nash, MD, MBA BUSINESS

Optimizing the Economic Impact of rtPA Use in a Stroke Belt State: The Case of South Carolina ™

Abby Swanson Kazley, PhD; Kit N. Simpson, DrPH; Annie Simpson, PhD; Edward Jauch, MD; Robert J. Adams, MD Stakeholder Perspective by Albert Tzeel, MD, MHSA, FACPE REGULATORY

US Propofol Drug Shortages: Review of the Problem and Stakeholder Analysis Christopher Hvisdas, PharmD Candidate; Andrea Lordan, PharmD Candidate; Laura T. Pizzi, PharmD, MPH; Brandi N. Thoma, PharmD Stakeholder Perspective by Jack E. Fincham, PhD, RPh CLINICAL

Opioid Utilization Patterns among Medicare Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Jacqueline Pesa, MSEd, PhD, MPH; Roxanne Meyer, PharmD; Tiffany P. Quock, PhD, MS; Stacy K. Rattana, RN, BSN; Samir H. Mody, PharmD, MBA Stakeholder Perspective by Curtis Wander, PharmD

Industry Trends The Race to Open Enrollment: Critical Success Factors for Exchanges AMCP Highlights

6

EST. 2008

YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Payer’s Trends An Inside Look at Managed Care Executive Conversations within the Health Payer Council: What Is Evidence?

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