The role of managed care in the US health care system -- Overview of prescription drug benefits managed care -- Pharmacy benefit design, marketing, and customer contracting -- Pharmacy benefit management programs -- Pharmacy distribution systems and network management -- Specialty pharmaceuticals -- Managed care information systems -- Drug utilization review strategies -- The role of drug formularies in managed care organizations -- Member satisfaction strategies -- The AMCP format for evidence based formulary submissions -- Pharmacoeconomic research and applications in managed care -- Pharmacy & therapeutics committees in managed care organizations -- Role of the pharmaceutical company in managed care -- Managed care contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers -- Impact of managed care on pharmacy practice -- The fundamentals of healthcare benefits from the employer plan sponsor perspective -- Medicaid pharmacy benefit management -- Medicare pharmacy benefits -- The value of pharmaceuticals -- Disease and medication therapy management programs -- Pharmacist career opportunities in managed care -- Ethical aspects of pharmacy practice in managed care -- Politics, public policy, and national health care reform : Medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 -- International opportunities for pharmacists in managed care -- Future of managed care pharmacy practice.