The following statements are about the use of provider profiling for pharmacy benefits.

Health plans typically use provider profiles to improve the quality of care associated with the use of prescription drugs.

Provider profiles identify prescribing patterns that fall outside normal ranges.

Health plans can motivate providers to change their prescribing patterns by sharing profile information with plan members and the general public.

Provider profiles are effective in modifying individual prescribing patterns, but they have little effect on group prescribing patterns.