Improving Appropriate and Equitable Use of Prescription Drugs: Leveraging Value-Based Payments to Achieve Aligned Population Pharmacy Reforms

Executive Summary:

Substantial policy activity aimed at improving affordability and access to prescription drugs, and drug and care delivery reforms need to align in order to have the greatest impact.
Value-based payment models focused on care delivery offer another opportunity to impact the appropriate and equitable use of prescription drugs by aligning care and prescription drug therapies, but need to be designed thoughtfully to do so.
In the short term, value-based payment models, especially population-level reforms that leverage total cost of care arrangements, can be modified to incorporate drugs through better data feedback and quality measures.