Pharmacy benefit companies negotiate rebates from drug companies, which they pass to health plan sponsors. Health plan sponsors then use the rebates to make pharmacy benefits more affordable for patients.
Employers hire pharmacy benefit companies to administer their pharmacy benefits. These relationships are characterized by choice, flexibility, and decision-making.
A University of Pennsylvania professor’s deep dive into pharmacy benefit companies concludes that they are intermediaries that control costs and improve health outcomes.
PCMA Vice President, Policy, Angela Banks talks with health policy expert Alex Brill about competition in the prescription drug marketplace and why this is the best way to reduce prescription drug costs. They discuss recent
November is National Diabetes Month. In this conversation, hosted by PCMA’s Angela Banks, we discuss the work that PBMs are currently doing to help millions of patients with diabetes manage their care. Express Scripts’ Chief
Our focus is on prescription drug rebates. How do they work? Why do they work? How do they benefit consumers? And why are they currently under attack by some policymakers and drug manufacturers? The guest
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