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The pharmacy benefit manager marketplace is dominated by a handful of large players, many of which are vertically consolidated with health insurers, according to a new paper from a top medical ...

This summer, we saw Blue Shield of California opt for an unbundled approach to pharmacy benefits management. While this was considered a major departure from standard practices, they aren’t alone in ...

Across the country, health systems are rethinking their reliance on legacy PBMs. Instead of outsourcing, more organizations are bringing PBM functions in-house to take back control, capture savings, ...

The current drug pricing market is malfunctioning, an obvious conclusion to anyone who is paying attention. But why? Like much of the healthcare sector, the current government driven, third party ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) provided ammunition today to regulators, policymakers and legislators concerned about just what role pharmacy benefit managers play in the drug supply chain. An ...