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- Medco, Castlight Health Integrate Web Tools for Drug and Medical Costs To Empower Consumers
- PCMA Video: PBMs Lead to Increased Savings and Safety
- CDHC Solutions is Becoming Institutionalized
- Repealing PPACA Would Increase Medicare Beneficiaries' Prescription Drug Costs, Health Savings Needs
- NY Top Drugstore Lobbyist Admits Mail-Service Pharmacy Saves Money...
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In recent months, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have emerged as vocal critics of the drug industry's reliance on copay cards, coupons, and other tools to help patients offset the cost of innovative brand-name medicines
Driving value through quality and cost information across a broad spectrum of health care needs. 2012 pilot to integrate Medco's My Rx Choices® with Castlight to drive increased health care consumerism
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) make prescription medications safer and more affordable for more than 216 million Americans with health coverage provided through Fortune 500 employers, health insurance plans, labor unions, and Medicare Part D.
CDHC Solutions, the sister website to www.employersweb.com and the collective voice of innovative health and benefit management announces the launch of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism at FORUM West on Sept. 15 in Denver.
The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) will launch the first nationwide, interactive Specialty Pharmacy and Vendor Directory this Fall.
Repealing PPACA Would Increase Medicare Beneficiaries' Prescription Drug Costs, Health Savings Needs
EBRI takes no position on whether or not the law should be repealed; rather, its analysis is designed to measure which groups would be affected and provide estimates of additional savings needed by those who would be affected if it was.
But Pushes Gov. Cuomo to Sign a Bill to Stop Employers From Using it
Leading PBM Consultants at the Burchfield Group Advise Opportunities for Employers, Payers, Health Plans, TPAs, Benefits/HR
Programs improve patient safety while keeping costs 4 percentage points below national trends
Failed Law Increased Prescription Drug Costs, Reduced Competition
Employers looking to comparative effectiveness research to inform health benefit decisions, close gap on productivity questions
Envision Pharmaceutical Services was created in 2001 by experienced and knowledgeable managed care and pharmacy benefit professionals who wanted to lead the industry in a new direction and provide complete transparency with full disclosure and point-of-sale rebate technology.
Demanding transparency from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) is a notion that has clearly gained steam
Spending trend for prescription drugs in the workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit fell in 2010, even as drug prices continued to rise, according to a new study.
Converting to a new pharmacy benefit management (PBM) solution can be daunting and demanding.
As the health care reform debate moves into 2011, U.S. health care costs continue to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on health care, yet receive lower quality, less efficiency and have “the least equitable system,” according to the 2010 Commonwealth Fund report.
Independent Study Confirms Fee-for-Service PBM Strategy Saves Employers Millions
URAC Issues Revised Standards in Industry-Leading Pharmacy Quality Management Accreditation Programs
Revised Standards and New Performance Measures Provide Greater Transparency; URAC Continues to Lead Industry in Pharmacy Accreditation
It is tempting to equate high discounts and high rebates with a highperformance Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM).
NCPA: AARP Report Finds Brand Name Drug Prices Soar as Large Pharmacy Benefit Managers Reap Windfall
According to a new AARP report, the average retail price of the most popular brand-name drugs increased by 8.3 percent in 2009 and by 41.5 percent over the past five years – rates well in excess of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.