Commissioners hear plan to use MCAP cooperative purchasing for medications including Suboxone
Captain Patterson told the court MCAP can secure lower prices for medications used by county providers, citing Suboxone as an example, and said the program would not cost the county unless used. The cooperative purchase item was on the consent agenda and the consent package passed 5-0.
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Commissioners heard a short presentation on a cooperative purchasing arrangement with MCAP that staff say can reduce costs for medications the county supplies to health providers. Captain Patterson described MCAP as a vendor that works with counties to reduce pharmacy costs and cited Suboxone, a medication used in opioid detox, as an example. "If we use them, great. If we don't use them, great. So it's not a cost to the county," he said.
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