February 26, 2019
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America’s pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are dedicated to controlling drug costs by encouraging competition among drug manufacturers and pharmacies and incentivizing consumers to take the most costeffective, clinically appropriate medications. PBMs facilitate patient pharmacy care management and provide real-time information to physicians and patients so they know, when a drug is prescribed, whether it is on the formulary and the patient’s cost-sharing obligation.
PBMs uniquely have the expertise, tools, and data to ensure that pharmacies can dispense a patient’s drug, determine her cost-sharing, and know what the pharmacy will be paid, in real-time as the patient stands at the pharmacy counter.
One of the most important functions PBMs perform is negotiating price concessions with drug manufacturers to lower costs for consumers.
