PBM Reform Podcast
Pharmacy benefit managers were created as middlemen to reduce administrative costs for insurers, validate a patient’s eligibility, administer plan benefits, and negotiate costs between pharmacies and health plans. Over time, PBMs have been allowed to operate virtually unchecked.
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Winning Hearts, Minds, and Policy with Strategic Communications | PBM Reform (opens the original)
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Many pharmacy leaders focus on legislation and lobbying. Why is strategic communication on social media equally important? Dr. Maurice PharmD joins Breck Rice on this episode of the PBM Reform Podcast. eKSsdTHlSWcgEnRjIkQv
TRICARE and the Fight for Military Pharmacy Access | PBM Reform with APCI (opens the original)
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The PBM Reform Podcast, sponsored by APCI, welcomes John Vinson, PharmD, Chief Executive Officer of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, for a timely conversation with host Greg Reybold about the management of the TRICARE pharmacy benefit. Express Scripts administers pharmacy benefits for TRICARE, the Department of Defense healthcare program serving more than 9 million active-duty service members, military retirees, and family members. In fiscal year 2023 alone, TRICARE spent more than $8 billi
Pharmacists Fight Back: Federal PBM Reform Advances | PBM Reform with APCI (opens the original)
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PBM Reform PodcastSponsored by American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI)Host: Greg ReyboldSpecial Guest: Ben Mudd, PharmD, Executive Director, Kentucky Pharmacists Association Momentum for meaningful pharmacy benefit manager reform is building in Washington. In this episode of the PBM Reform Podcast, host Greg Reybold welcomes Dr. Ben Mudd, Executive Director of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, to examine the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act, H.R. 6610, and what its advancement could
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