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Featuring a conversation between Denise Balch, President, Connex Health and Rachael Manion, Executive Director, Canadian Skin Patient Alliance (CSPA). A lawyer by training, Rachael has spent time with 3Sixty Public Affairs as a Senior Associate and Director of Research, and Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, Government of Canada.
In this podcast Rachael Manion and Denise Balch will speak about Rachael’s dedication to patients, and the challenges of timely access to medications for patients and the impact of prior authorization requirements. Her exposure to patient experiences has led the CSPA’s development of an interactive drug coverage finder – Is My Prescription Covered. She has also been active on the working group of the Simplify Prior Authorization (SPA) initiative.
Listen and learn from Rachael Manion what more can be done to improve the patient experience when they are prescribed a drug requiring prior authorization.
You can direct questions, comments and inquiries to info@simplifypriorauth.ca.
In this podcast Ramy El-Kholi, Chief Commercial Officer with OkRx joins Denise Balch to provide an update on the development of electronic prior authorization (ePA) and its implementation in Canada.
Featuring Dr. Imtiaz Khan, licensed rheumatologist in Canada and the U.S. and Chair of the Ontario Rheumatologists Association (ORA) Private Payers committee.
In this podcast, Alan Birch shares why improving access points to reimbursement and the reimbursement process is critical to improving time to treatment and ultimately patient outcomes.
The Simplify Prior Authorization initiative is an advocate for education about prior authorization (PA) and improvement in current prior authorization practices and processes. If your organization is interested in finding out more, getting involved, or in sponsorship of this important initiative, please contact us via the link below.