U.S. healthcare spends an estimated $177 billion on medication non-compliance annually -- nearly 80 percent of the country's healthcare spending. And the pharmaceutical industry loses billions of healthcare dollars annually as a result of medication non-adherence. Thom Stambaugh, chief pharmacy officer and vice president of clinical programs and specialty pharmacy for CIGNA Pharmacy Management, discusses strategies for recovering some of this lost revenue, the challenges behavioral health patients bring to medication compliance and how CIGNA measures compliance in its population. Stambaugh, along with Connie Commander, immediate past president of the Case Management Society of America and president, Commander's Premier Consulting Corporation, will describe programs and initiatives that have increased patient compliance with medication regimes. You'll also learn the impact that compliance has had on healthcare utilization and patient satisfaction during a September 10, 2008 webinar, Improving Medication Adherence: Practical Strategies to Increase Patient Compliance.