Research
If Drug Companies Had Their Way…
August 01, 2023
If drug companies had their way there would be no check on their power. But they don’t. Pharmacy benefit companies...
Dr. Lawton Robert Burns Sheds Light on the Role of PBMs
July 31, 2023
A University of Pennsylvania professor’s deep dive into pharmacy benefit companies concludes that they are intermediaries that control costs and...
New Research By Lawton Robert Burns Investigates the Role of PBMs in the Healthcare Value Chain
July 01, 2023
A new book from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Lawton Robert Burns examines pharmacy benefit companies and describes...
A World Without PBMs: A Lesson from Economics
June 11, 2023
According to University of Chicago economics professor Casey Mulligan, pharmacy benefit companies provide many services to participants across the healthcare system. The...
A World Without Pharmacy Benefit Companies
June 11, 2023
Pharmacy benefit companies play an important and unique role in the drug supply and payment chain. Employers, labor unions, health...
Pharmacy Benefit Companies 101: A Primer
May 11, 2023
Given all the recent attention around pharmacy benefit companies and prescription drug costs, I thought it would be helpful to...
May 11, 2023
Pharmacy benefit companies save employer and labor unions plans & patients $878 per patient per year on prescription drug costs....
May 11, 2023
Pharmacy benefit companies save employer and labor unions plans & patients $124 billion per year on prescription drug costs....
Rebates Unrelated to Higher Drug Prices
May 01, 2023
There are no plan or PBM rebates in Part B, yet there are substantial price increases....
Share of Drug Dollar Retained by Drug Supply Chain Participants
April 11, 2023
90% of the Rx dollar is retained by drug manufacturers and pharmacies....
