RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Patricia Tanquary), to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #27–534–3 with Epocrates, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $31,500, to provide administration services for the Health Plan’s Drug Formulary, for the period from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Member Premiums.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Health Plan has been continually initiating cost reduction measures to promote affordable healthcare in Contra Costa County. Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the cost associated with drug formularies. Under this Contract, the Contractor provides an electronic drug formulary to be downloaded to providers’ handheld computers. This reduces drug costs by allowing providers to select approved medications, from the Health Plan’s Drug Formulary, by selecting generic versus costly name brand drugs.
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