The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) slammed pharmacy benefit managers for pursuing profit over client interests after a report from AARP found retail prices of brand-name drugs skyrocketed in 2009....
Research shows individuals who have a health plan with integrated benefits are far more likely to obtain necessary care, take their medication appropriately, and get necessary lab tests associated with chronic conditions....
Fort Worth, Texas-based Alt Benefit Consultants has merged with Bentley Yates TPA...
More than 350 U.S. employers representing 17.2 million members sounded off on the service performance of their pharmacy benefit management vendors in 17 areas. ...
H.R. 4489, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., would give the Office of Personnel Management greater oversight of pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says prices for more than 400 brand-name drugs jumped dramatically between 2000 and 2008, and it might be due to limited competition....
The first issue of the new year rings in a new January feature - our Readers' Choice Awards....
Brokers name their preferred business partners once again....
Drug cost inflation in workers’ compensation is up 7.5 percent according to Health Strategy Associates’ (HSA) Sixth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation. ...
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