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Securing The Lowest Net Cost PBM Contract

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) effective December 27, 2021, adds multiple requirements on ERISA and PHSA health plan sponsors that cannot be ignored. A key defense to scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Labor is demonstration that service providers and plan professionals’ evaluation and contracting was performed using objective strategies in the interest of plan members. 

Written By:
Scott Haas
Terrance Killilea, Pharm.D.
USI Insurance Services 

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How Employers Transform Pharmacy Benefits: Understanding the Continuum toward Alignment between plan sponsors, members, and PBMs to achieve Maximum Savings

The rising costs of drugs, and the system in which pharmacy benefits have traditionally been paid, has led many employers on a journey to reexamine the model they’re in as they realize the spend and outcomes they’re receiving are not a good value for the dollars they are paying.

Speakers: Lee Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of Medical Solutions, Health Transformation Alliance (HTA)Thom Stambaugh, Chief Pharmacy Officer, FliptScott Brewster, EVP Sales and Marketing, 90 Degree Benefits

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Employer’s Guide to Drug Spend Management

Download the drug spend management guide to develop a better understanding of the four key considerations for an effective pharmacy benefit management and administration strategy.

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Optimizing Drug Spend

Explore the dynamics behind the prescription drug market, and learn how to navigate the market forces at play to design a cost-effective drug plan

Instructor

Kristin Begley

61 minutes

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