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Proactive Strategies – Key to Managing Specialty Drug Costs

Employers need to understand the immediacy of rapidly rising specialty drug costs and develop strategies to manage these costs...

Posted July 29, 2013 — Read more

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How to manage pharmacy benefits plans Part 5, Conclusion: Opportunity in the marketplace

Pharmacy benefits plans have the potential to play an important role in the health and well-being of plan participants,...

Posted February 17, 2012 — Read more

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How to manage pharmacy benefits plans Part 4: Specialty drugs, the new major cost driver

Pharmacy benefits plans are increasingly under cost pressures from biotechnological drugs – new specialty drugs for the treatment of...

Posted February 16, 2012 — Read more

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How to manage pharmacy benefits plans Part 3: As Pharma consolidates, even smaller employers can negotiate

As pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) providers continue on the path of consolidation that began around 2007, they’re creating a...

Posted February 9, 2012 — Read more

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How to manage pharmacy benefits plans Part 2: Poor drug adherence can play havoc with pharmacy benefit plans

Pharmacy benefits plans in the employer marketplace have the potential to play an important role in positively affecting the...

Posted February 8, 2012 — Read more

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How to manage pharmacy benefits plans: Part 1: Getting the plan design right

Pharmacy benefit plans in the employer marketplace have the potential to play an important role in positively affecting the...

Posted February 7, 2012 — Read more