Psychu Community Podcast

Listen to Amica Simmons-Yon, PharmD, PhD and Alyssa Peckham, PharmD, BCPP as they spill the tea on Managed Care & Value-Based Reimbursement with special guest, Madeline Shurtleff, PharmD. During this episode, Dr. Shurtleff highlights the difference between individual health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and how that differs among private insurers versus federal. She also tunes us into the inner workings of the two – namely, how they interact with one another and how decisions are made to deliver your health care. Lastly, Dr. Shurtleff let’s us know where we can find more information on managed care topics! Dr. Shurtleff graduated from the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. She started her pharmacy career as a pharmacist at Walgreens before transitioning to managed care. Her managed care experience includes managing utilization management pharmacist teams for various Medicare, Medicaid, and Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) health plans. As a Managed Market Liaison with Otsuk