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Oct 2, 2017
It’s time to eliminate the secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager pricing practices
The Hill
With federal lawmakers introducing a variety of bipartisan, bicameral legislation throughout 2017 aimed at eliminating opaque and secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) pricing practices, the increasingly controversial middlemen…Read More. -
Aug 1, 2017
Market Reforms To Improve Pharmaceutical Outcomes
Forbes
The drama of “repeal and replace” resembled an unfunny version of a Monty Python skit, continuously claiming that it was “not dead yet”, and even that it was “getting better” only to be put out of its misery in the end…Read More. -
Jul 31, 2017
Sector-specific LTC pharmacy data warehouse now a reality
APhA
As medication management regimes and clinical functions become more complex, assisted living and skilled-nursing facilities will need to turn to the expertise of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies…Read More. -
Jul 19, 2017
Sector-specific LTC pharmacy data warehouse now a reality
McKnight’s
Ensuring the provision of quality post-acute care in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities requires the need to direct and perform an increasingly complex array of medication management regimes and clinical functions…Read More. -
May 19, 2017
New Report: PBMs Push Drug Costs
Drug Topics
A new review of studies on the economic impacts of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) found that they have an adverse impact on the overall costs and prices of drugs…Read More. -
May 15, 2017
New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
BioSpace
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the high cost of healthcare in the United States…Read More. -
May 9, 2017
It’s Time to Switch Our Pharmacy Benefit Manager
Forbes
Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in the nation, is discovering just how much customer service matters. It may also be discovering that suing your biggest customer in court is generally not considered good customer service…Read More. -
May 9, 2017
NEW BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS
PRI
Exploring a tool that millions of Americans use every day when paying for prescription drugs, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new research brief exploring how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) impact prescription drug costs, access, and patient care …Read More -
May 3, 2017
Long-term care pharmacy: missed opportunities
McKnight’s
One thing I’ve learned since joining this business years ago is that if you want a creative, persuasive thinker on your team, you could do a whole lot worse than Alan Rosenbloom…Read More
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