1.0Managedcaremag.comhttps://www.managedcaremag.comPaul Lendnerhttps://www.managedcaremag.com/author/walter/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SN930VtY8p"><a href="https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0501/0501.news_fillrates.html">Generic prescription fill rates vary widely across the country</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0501/0501.news_fillrates.html/embed/#?secret=SN930VtY8p" width="600" height="338" title="“Generic prescription fill rates vary widely across the country” — Managedcaremag.com" data-secret="SN930VtY8p" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Use of generic medications continues to increase, according to Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit management company. More than 50 percent of all prescriptions that Express Scripts fills are for generics. Still, the generic fill rate varies widely across the country, with possible explanations including variations “in prescribing patterns, state regulations, differences in disease prevalence, and ... Read more