The Buffalo News: Pharmacy benefit managers work for patients
October 02, 2017
Companies and public programs hire PBMs for their expertise, ability to reduce drug costs...
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The Connecticut Mirror: These people advocate for consumers to lower prescription drug prices
October 02, 2017
Drug makers raise prices out of proportion to increases in value, PBMs are keeping drug costs down...
HealthPayer Intelligence: How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Lower Prescription Drug Prices
September 19, 2017
PBMs obtain discounts on drugs for health plans and beneficiaries through negotiation and administration of drug manufacturer rebates and discounts...
Chicago Tribune: Insurers cutting back on drug coupons, saying it keeps consumer costs down
September 14, 2017
The coupons are often used to drive patients to higher-cost brand drugs instead of generics, said Mark Merritt, president of...
Bloomberg: Drug Coverage Plans Battle in State Capitals Over Price Secrets
September 13, 2017
Merritt said the better way to lower drug costs is for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to increase approvals...
The Hill: Pharmacy Benefit Managers – advocates for more affordable prescription drugs
September 13, 2017
Who is fighting on their behalf? The answer: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)...
Drug Benefit News: PBMs Look to the Future
September 12, 2017
Mark Merritt, President and CEO, PCMA, predicts that PBMs will assume a more clinical focus as drugs continue to be...
CNN: Drug company faked cancer patients to sell drug
September 07, 2017
The drug maker used a combination of tactics, such as falsifying medical records, misleading insurance companies and providing kickbacks to...
The Sacramento Bee: In the fight to keep health care costs down, this bill would drive up drug costs
August 31, 2017
In the debate over health care, employers, unions and many government officials agree on the need to provide affordable prescription...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: PBMs work to manage drug costs, benefits
August 13, 2017
PBMs are doing their job by keeping drug costs down....
Bloomberg: Medicare Predicts Slightly Lower Average Drug Premiums in 2018
August 01, 2017
Part D offers “an abundance of competing choices in each region and using cutting edge, cost-saving tools like pharmacy networks...
Specialty Pharmacy-Times: Advocates Disagree on the Impact of DIR Fees on Part D Drugs
July 31, 2017
“Without DIR, Part D premiums and program costs would be much higher,” Mark Merritt, president and CEO of PCMA....