Managed care pharmacists are responsible for ensuring patient access to appropriate and cost-effective medication therapies. Pharmacists in this role support a variety of services including developing and implementing evidence-based clinical programs and quality-oriented drug management services, instituting practices to ensure patient safety, communicating and collaborating with patients, prescribers, pharmacists, internal and external clients, contributing to the design of pharmacy benefits, managing quality and cost effectiveness, and involvement in the medication distribution process in the managed care setting.