The executive called for a realignment of incentives so that pharmacy benefit managers are not pushing branded medications. But simply switching from branded to generic medications is a “Band ...

Three Milwaukee Walgreens stores have closed or plan to close in November and December of this year as part of a nationwide ...

Purpose: The difference between what pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs) charge prescription benefit plan sponsors and what dispensing pharmacies are paid ("spread") was studied.

Therefore, entities like insurance companies and TPAs often outsource the management of pharmacy benefits to one of the major PBMs. [27] TPAs are independent benefit contractors that work with ...

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Abelson and Robbins found numerous instances where pharmacy benefit managers created a business environment inhospitable to many local independently-owned pharmacies. The reporters discovered ...

Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their ...

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country. Credit...Jens Mortensen for The New ...

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States may be getting ready to crack down even harder on pharmacy benefit managers. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will be giving member regulators a crash course on PBM policy ...

In a July 2022 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, The Value of Pharmacy Benefits Management, University of Chicago Economics Professor Cases Mulligan concluded that PBMs generate ...

You probably have no idea who your pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) is. But you almost definitely have one. A pharmacy benefits manager is what it sounds like: PBMs manage prescription drug ...