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Appendix D: Glossary
Pages 250-253

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... agreement with manufacturers on terms of drug purchasing. Clinical Guidelines or Drug Treatment Guidelines Systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances.
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... Payers, including employers, health plans, and third-party administrators, provide coverage for all medications since there are no restrictions. · Closed Formulary Closed formularies are exclusive lists of specific drugs that often limit prescribers to only some of the commercially available products in each therapeutic class.
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... National Acquisition Center (NAC) A combined contracting activity within the VA responsible for purchasing drugs and medical supplies for the VA as well as other government agencies and administering the Federal Supply Schedule, National Contract, and Prime Vendor Distribution Programs.
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... Therapeutic Alternates Drug products differing in composition or in their basic drug entity, but of the same pharmacological and/or therapeutic class, that are considered to have very similar pharmacological and therapeutic activities and adverse reaction profiles when administered to patients in therapeutically equivalent doses. Therapeutic Equivalence Similar pharmacological and therapeutic activity of drugs.
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Key Terms

  • medical staff
  • specific drugs
  • drug product
  • therapeutic classes
  • therapeutic class

  • drug classes
  • closed formulary
  • supply schedule
  • acquisition center
  • drug class

  • federal supply
  • national acquisition
  • improvement program
  • required discount
  • state law

  • medical supplies
  • formularies direct
  • prior approval
  • national contract
  • adverse reaction

  • nonformulary prescriptions
  • authorized prescribers
  • purchasing drugs
  • nonprescription drugs
  • active ingredient

  • permission individually
  • dosage form
  • manufacturer price
  • basic drug
  • nonformulary exceptions


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