Therefore, entities like insurance companies and TPAs often outsource the management of pharmacy benefits to one of the major PBMs. [27] TPAs are independent benefit contractors that work with ...

States may be getting ready to crack down even harder on pharmacy benefit managers. The National Association of Insurance ...

Abelson and Robbins found numerous instances where pharmacy benefit managers created a business environment inhospitable to many local independently-owned pharmacies. The reporters discovered ...

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Purpose: The difference between what pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs) charge prescription benefit plan sponsors and what dispensing pharmacies are paid ("spread") was studied.

People living with lupus face many barriers to accessing quality, comprehensive, affordable healthcare. In recent years Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, have been driving up the cost of medications ...

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At the top of the list are pharmacy benefit managers and the roadblocks they create for patients to access and afford necessary medications. Fortunately, since my diagnosis of Sjogren's disease ...

One exception that enjoys bipartisan support, however, is the effort to rehab the drug supply chain. It’s currently dominated ...

In a July 2022 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, The Value of Pharmacy Benefits Management, University of Chicago Economics Professor Cases Mulligan concluded that PBMs generate ...

You probably have no idea who your pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) is. But you almost definitely have one. A pharmacy benefits manager is what it sounds like: PBMs manage prescription drug ...