Aug 25, 2025 | Cost Savings, MedBen Rx, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rebates, Savings
A new paper from the American Medical Association (AMA) has found that the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) marketplace remains highly concentrated, with just a few major players controlling most of the activity. Many of these PBMs are vertically integrated with health...
Jul 1, 2025 | Benefits preservation, Diabetes, GLP-1s, MedBen Rx, Ozempic, Rebates, Specialty Drugs, Spread Pricing, Transparency, Wegovy, Weight loss, Weight loss drugs
The 2025 Milliman Medical Index confirms what many employers are seeing firsthand: prescription drug costs are rising faster than any other health care expense, with a 9.7% increase over the past year. To help employers reclaim their drug spend, MedBen Rx offers a...
Oct 28, 2024 | Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Pharmacies, Rebates, Spread Pricing
KFF Health News reports on the disparity between pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) payments to large pharmacy chains compared to small drugstores: “[An American Pharmacy Cooperative] analysis early this year showed chains were paid well beyond the family business...
Oct 3, 2023 | MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rebates, White paper
In their continuing quest for bigger profits, major pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have adapted a new tactic: clever wordplay. What was once known as a “rebate” – a partial refund of the drug payment back to the plan – now goes by a variety of other...
Aug 8, 2022 | Comparative Effectiveness, Drug marketing, Formularies, MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rebates
From Benefits Pro: “The median launch price of a new drug in the US soared from $2,115 in 2008 to $180,007 in 2021, a 20% annual inflation rate over the period, researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found.”Contributing to these...
Jul 12, 2022 | Formularies, MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rebates, Rx prices, Savings, White paper
MedBen Rx has prepared a whitepaper detailing the games pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play with administrative and rebate credits. PBMs focus on fixed cost savings to make you think you’re saving on prescription costs… but a closer look reveals that you’re...
