Pharmacy spending is, on average, at least 15% of your healthcare budget. However, the actual costs are much higher. These are "opportunity costs."

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Medication opportunity cost defined: Pharmaceutical drugs for chronic diseases manage symptoms but do not solve the underlying root problem. Thus this stop-gap solution costs your organization in several ways:

• The cost of the drug itself - year over year

• The cost of the condition that is being managed but not solved. The drug may reduce some of these costs, but a medicated person still has higher costs compared to a person free from disease

• The cost of additional drugs and conditions that are caused by the primary medication

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HRP offers a unique program that removes people from costly drugs by reversing the root-cause(s) of their condition(s). Once removed from the drug, the savings is realized for as long as the person is on that benefit.

 

How the program works:

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• HRP reviews pharmaceutical use and spending, interviews prescribing providers and delivers a comprehensive drug reduction and elimination program

• The entire population or a sub-set of those on medications are provide a brief survey to determine their attitudes toward their medications including efficacy, side-effects, and costs

• HRP and your organization develop a list of candidates to participate in the program

• HRP and your organization implement a recruitment program

• HRP begins a medication reduction effort on those recruited

• HRP guarantees cost saving in year 2 is equal to the program cost of the difference is refunded

• HRP also offers various drug cost reduction programs for those who are truly dependent upon their medications

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What this program does for individuals and your population:

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• Improves the overall health of the participant

• Provides education on the disease(s) being corrected or reversed

• Provides education on possible side effects caused by the medication - both long term and short

• Leads to significant reduction in out-of-pocket and overall healthcare costs

• Avoids potential for severe medical errors

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The Guarantee:

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• The program will pay for itself in year 2 savings

• You will continue to realize savings for years - with just occasional checkins with the participant at a significantly reduced "maintenance" rate.