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Overview
Argus Choice™
Argus is pleased to provide the Argus Choice™, a formulary designed to provide useful information and serve as a helpful resource. We work with our customers to provide a clinically sound and cost-effective formulary. Our goal is to optimize patient care through enabling access to rational drug therapy and supporting a sustainable and affordable drug benefit program.

Argus Clinical Information Services
Argus' Clinical Information Services combine the use of pioneering technology and professional clinical expertise to help you achieve your goals of quality health care and lower plan expenses. With an extensive background in managed care, our team can help you analyze your pharmacy information and implement effective cost control measures.

Argus Clinical Staff
The Argus Clinical staff provides up-to-date information regarding P&T Committee and formulary updates, clinical bulletins, and weekly FDB bulletins that report NDC file changes and new drug additions to our database. The staff also provides drug data analysis, drug usage reports, and analysis of cost savings.

Features

Argus Choice™
 Our formulary is designed to promote rational, clinically appropriate, safe, and cost-effective drug therapy.

  • Organized by sections:
    • Each section includes therapeutic groups identified by either a drug class or disease state
    • Products are listed by generic name
    • Brand names are included as a reference to assist in product recognition
standard DUR edits
Customers enjoy total control and flexibility with DUR edits, can choose how edits will function, and alter the parameters that trigger an alert.
  • First DataBank edits
  • Drug-to-Drug Interaction
  • Therapeutic Duplication
  • Minimum/Maximum Dose Range Screening
  • Drug-of-Preference Editing and Messaging

customized clinical programs
The true marketplace advantage of using the Argus therapy protocols is the ability to combine the many different types of logic available for additional cost savings.

  • 1,500 varieties with clinical justification
  • Maximum Daily Dose (MADD)
  • Maximum Daily Consumption (DACON)
  • Maximum Monthly Consumption (MOCON)
  • Maximum Therapy Duration (MAXDUR)
  • Prerequisite Step Therapy
  • Preclusive Step Therapy
  • Geriatric Precautions