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Prior Authorization (PA)
Obtaining approval for a particular service or medication before it is provided.
Drug List
A comprehensive list of clinically efficacious and cost-effective drug products, identified and selected by a group of knowledgeable and duly licensed clinicians, to be utilized by the Plan in order to deliver a high quality of care to members while containing costs.
Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM)
An entity contracted with PHP to provide pharmacy services (including performing prior authorization evaluations).
AB-Rated Generic
A pharmaceutical product rated in the Federal Food and Drug administration Orange Book as being equivalent to the innovator brand product.
Generic Substitution
Dispensing a generic drug in place of a brand-name medication.
Generic Drug
Chemically equivalent copy designed from a brand-name drug whose patent has expired.
Non-Equivalent Drug Product Formulary
A list of drug(s) for which generic substitution is not required.
Therapeutic Interchange
The dispensing of a drug product different from that which is prescribed, but which is deemed to be therapeutically equivalent to the original product prescribed.
Step-Therapy Protocol
A step-by-step set of directions that identifies the progression of drug therapy from first line therapy to the most aggressive drug therapy.