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Pharmacy Benefit Consultants is a nationwide consulting firm that assists corporations, unions, insurance companies and government entities in decreasing their prescription coverage costs.

Don’t miss Ed Silverman’s Pharmalot article describing Senator Ron Wyden’s proposed new C-THRU statute. The article quot...
04/12/2017

Don’t miss Ed Silverman’s Pharmalot article describing Senator Ron Wyden’s proposed new C-THRU statute. The article quotes Linda Cahn on why the statute may be well-intentioned, but is likely misguided and counterproductive.
https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2017/03/15/pbm-rebates-wyden-bill/

The bill comes amid growing turmoil over the prescription drug costs and the largely hidden role played by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.

03/07/2017

Like most Health Plans, your Plan may be doing all it can to steer your Plan beneficiaries to use lower-cost drugs. But manufacturers are paying switch operators (like Relay Health and Change Healthcare) to foil your efforts.
If you don't know what switch operators are or what they do - or your Plan is not taking steps to counter switch operators' machinations - you need to read this article: http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/manufacturers-are-using-switch-operators-to-undermine-your-plans-cost-saving-efforts/

Plan Administrators: Have you ever heard of “switch operators”? Do you have any idea what they do? Most important, do you realize that drug manufacturers are surreptitiously paying switch operators to interfere with your copayment

In December 2016, Eli Lilly and Express Scripts announced a new diabetes treatment program to provide 40% discounts on t...
03/07/2017

In December 2016, Eli Lilly and Express Scripts announced a new diabetes treatment program to provide 40% discounts on three Lilly drugs. But the program is anything but what it appears. We explain why in this article, and provide recommendations for health plans and our media friends. http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/dont-be-fooled-by-eli-lillys-express-scripts-new-insulin-program/

If you’ve been preoccupied with Trump’s latest cabinet appointments, you may have missed the news about a new program sponsored by Eli Lilly and Express Scripts. With great fanfare, the two entities reported that beginning on January 1, 2017, they’ll provide a 40% discount on three Lilly diabetes dr...

12/16/2016

Manufacturers' "Single Digit Price Increase Pledges" aren't what they appear to be. Don't be fooled! Read this article to understand why: http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/dont-be-duped-by-manufacturers-new-single-digit-price-increase-pledges/

Recently, Novo Nordisk’s President became the second drug manufacturer to make a “Single Digit Price Increase Pledge.” Replicating Allergan’s vow three months ago, Novo’s Jakob Riis promised that Novo would “create affordability” by limiting price increases “to no more than singe-digit percentages a...

12/15/2016

The firestorm over Mylan's exponential costs for EpiPen has placed PBMs - and their rebate practices - at the center of a new controversy. Read this detailed article about PBMs' rebate practices to understand the short- and long-term strategies your Plan should adopt: http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/message-from-mylan-its-time-for-every-health-plan-to-address-rebate-issues/

For more than a decade, our firm has called on every PBM to identify all rebates (and other monies) the PBM is receiving from manufacturers – as well as the “net costs” of every drug – to enable Plans and their beneficiaries to easily identify and favor the lowest-cost drugs in each therapeutic cate...

12/15/2016

Plan Administrators: Examine your "Top 20 Most Expensive Drugs," you'll likely find Crestor among them. Given that the drug now has a low-cost generic equivalent, it shouldn't be there! To dramatically save money, read this article to find out what to do: http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/take-action-to-decrease-your-plans-crestor-costs/

If you examine your Heath Plan’s claims data, it’s extremely likely you’ll discover that Crestor is costing your Plan a small fortune.

12/15/2016

If you read our last article about new drugs' dangers, here's some additional information about why all plan administrators should consider excluding - or limiting coverage - of many new drugs. http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/more-reasons-to-protect-your-beneficiaries-against-new-drugs-dangers/

Accordingly, we thought our readers would benefit from the following additional information reflecting why all health plan administrators should exclude – or limit – coverage of many new drugs:

12/15/2016

New drugs often have dangers that are unidentified. Every Plan should do what it can to protect beneficiaries from these dangers. This article will tell your Plan how to do so. http://nationalprescriptioncoveragecoalition.com/the-fdas-latest-hep-c-drug-warning-makes-clear-why-you-should-protect-your-beneficiaries-from-new-drugs-dangers/

The latest FDA Black Box Warning about hepatitis C treatments demonstrates why it’s imperative that your Plan implement methods for protecting your beneficiaries against the dangers of new drugs.

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