PBM

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These are the resources on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM). See my related page on formulary enforcement and payer cost enforcement. Articles from my citation database with Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in title:

Abrams, LW 2005, Contrary to What Wall Street and the FTC Say, the PBM Business Model Is Misaligned, Nu-Retail.

---- 2007, Pharmacy Benefit Managers as Conflicted Countervailing Powers, Nu-Retail.

Atlantic Information Services 2006, PBM Mail Order Rx Services Are Expanding, but the Cost Savings Are Not Clear, 11/28/2006, <http://www.aishealth.com/Bnow/112206e.html>.

Bureau of Legislative Research 2006, Report for Interim Study Proposal 2005-149 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs): Practices and Procedures, State of Arkansas.

Edlin, M 2006, 'PBMs Lukewarm to Cost-Cutting Benefits of Dose Consolidation', Formulary, Vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 603-4.

Garis, R, Clark, BE & Siracuse, MV 2004, 'Shining the Light on Non-Transparent PBM Cash Flows', america’s PHARMACIST, Vol. non-peer reviewed, no. November.

Harrington, C 2006, The PBM’s Role in Electronic Prescribing, Argus Health Systems.

HealthStrategiesGroup 2006, PBM Programs and Interventions.

Mail-Order Rates, Capabilities Foster Increased Competitiveness among PBMs, 2003, Sept 12, January 18, 2008, <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NKV/is_11_4/ai_108118251>.

Miller, J 2006, PBM Industry Update and Future Direction, October 23.

National Community Pharmacists Association 2007, Fact Sheet - PBMs.

National Health Policy Forum 1999, The Abcs of PBMs (Issue Brief), 749, National Health Policy Forum.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Ownership of Mail-Order Pharmacies, 2005, Federal Trade Commission.

Richardson, J 2003, PBMs: The Basics and an Industry Overview, The Health Strategies Consultancy, LLC.

RxHub 2007, Rxhub PBM - Payer Providers, viewed January 2007, <http://www.rxhub.net/images/pdf/partners/RxHub_PBM-Payer_Providers.pdf>.

Shelley, S 2007, 'Electronic Prescribing — What’s in It for Drug Makers and PBMs? ' Pharmaceutical Commerce, no. Nov/Dec

Sipkoff, M 2006, PBMs Raise the Curtain, September, January 18, 2007, <http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0609/0609.PBMs.html>.

---- 2007, Plans, PBMs, Employers Prod Docs to E-Prescribe, March, 12/12/2007, <http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0703/0703.medmgmt.html>.

Wright, C 2002, Approximately Two-Thirds of All Prescriptions Written in the U.S. Are Processed by a PBM, September, NACDS, January 17, 2008.