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While the federal government promotes old models to lower prescription drug costs, the PBM industry is working to identify effective paths to actual consumer savings.

There are a lot of great benefits to having a pharmacy benefit management company — or PBM for short — including access to needed drugs,

After a long and stressful day waiting at a crowded doctor’s office, surrounded by sick people, then fighting traffic to the pharmacy, it’s the very

Have you ever gone into your doctor’s office and mentioned a new drug that you saw advertised on television or in a magazine? Or did

Why do formularies exist? How is it that they benefit nearly everyone? One of the surest ways to start an argument in any bar, school,

By their very limited and focused nature, specialty drugs have not commonly been seen by many pharmacists and most patients. But that’s changing rapidly, as

Opioids attack pain and allow patients to lead a normal life. But these same medications can also lead to overdose and dependency.

What can the PBM industry do to help solve this crisis? PBMs, pharmacists, and physicians all need to work together and take an active role

Often, when talking about pharmacy benefit management, it’s easy to focus only on individual members who have health insurance through their employer, organization or through

In the current issue of My Tech Mag, Pharmacy Management edition, VativoRx is called out as being one of the ten best pharmacy management solutions

A recent study published by SSRN shines light on an important question: do PBMs actually save money for clients and patients? The study looked at

With pharmacy benefit management so embedded in the way that we think of prescription benefit programs, it’s easy to forget that there was a time when PBMs did not exist at all.

Recently, VativoRx and CEO Lisa Quarterman were pleased to be highlighted by Healthcare Tech Outlook as a Top Pharmacy Management Solution Provider for 2021.

Pharmacy benefit management, or PBM for short, exists to work as an advocate for lower health care costs and better access to the medicines that most people need. The primary beneficiaries of the work of PBMs are company sponsors of health benefit plans and their employees and families.

With pharmacy benefit management so embedded in the way that we think of prescription benefit programs, its easy to forget that there was a time when PBMs did not exist at all.

The rules in one state could be very different than the rules in the next state over.