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In this episode of AMCP Unscripted, host Amy Lugo, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, FAPhA, FAMCP, Founder and CEO of LoneStar Health Solutions, is joined by Dr. Joshua Lennon, Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to discuss the unique challenges of diagnosing and treating narcolepsy in children. They explore why pediatric narcolepsy is frequently misdiagnosed, the significant delays many patients experience before receiving an accurate diagnosis, and the impact untreated symptoms can have on learning, social development, and long-term health. The conversation also examines current FDA-approved treatment options, promising advances in orexin-targeted therapies, and the important role managed care professionals play in improving timely access to evidence-based care for children living with narcolepsy.

In a world where innovative therapies are entering the market at an unprecedented pace, stakeholders need quick access to reliable information to help ensure the health care system is working as it should. They need fresh perspectives and data to keep up with how tools and techniques are working to help maintain balance in the managed care ecosystem. Enter AMCP’s recently released 2024 Access, Affordability, and Outcomes (AAO) report, which serves as a useful guide on how managed care pharmacy tools drive impact for patients.

AMCP opposes statutory and regulatory proposals that unduly restrict the ability of pharmacists working within managed care organizations from utilizing tools and services that are essential for the management of a prescription drug benefitFind out about Regulation of the Prescription Drug Benefit.