Prescription Affordability and Price Transparency in EHRs

In this episode of the MGMA Insights Podcast, we feature physicians and pharmacist executives from leading EHRs in a thought leadership conversation on a pressing topic of shared importance: Price transparency in EHRs and prescription affordability. Panelists include: Andrew Mellin, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Information Officer at Surescripts Jeffrey Hyman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, eMDs Jill Helm, Pharm.D, Vice-President, Solutions Management, Veradigm Health Jason Wilson, MBA, BSN, RN, Senior Director Clinical Advisory Consulting Services, Greenway Health Thanks to SureScripts for helping make this episode possible and for their part in designing the content for today’s panel discussion. As discussed in this episode, a one-minute conversation about medication costs can have an enormous impact on patients, and they will leave for the pharmacy confident they can afford and start their medication. Also, it allows you to avoid the hassle and interruptions from script rework. To have those crucial patient conversations, try these five medication cost “conversation starters” at https://bit.ly/3k1Rzl0. In addition, you can find out if price transparency is available in your EHR at https://bit.ly/32aJgxr. You can learn more about how to have crucial conversations with patients at MGMA’s upcoming virtual event, The Medical Practice Excellence Conference, which will be held October 19th-21st. You can register for the event at bit.ly/3ahdelB. Thanks to First Healthcare Compliance and CareCredit for sponsoring this episode. To learn more about the First Healthcare Compliance platform, go to https://1sthcc.com. And to learn more about how CareCredit is helping providers deliver a better patient financial experience, visit CareCredit.com/MGMAPodcast. ​If you like the show, please rate and review it wherever you get your podcasts. If you have topics you'd like us to cover or experts you'd like us to interview, email us at podcasts@mgma.com, or reach out to MGMA Sr. Editor and MGMA Insights podcast host Daniel Williams on Twitter at twitter.com/MGMADaniel. MGMA Insights is presented by Decklan McGee, Rob Ketcham and Daniel Williams.

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