Sep 18, 2020 | MedBen Rx, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Rx Spending, Savings, Transparency
Employers could save billion of dollars every year by avoiding “wasteful drugs,” according to BenefitsPro. Guidelines from Pacific Business Group on Health and and researchers from Johns Hopkins University identified 49 high-price medications with less costly...
May 28, 2020 | MedBen Rx, MedBen Rx Advocate, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Savings, Transparency
A recent Benefits Pro article highlights two pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business models: traditional and pass-through. MedBen Rx Advocate begins with the pass-through approach but takes it one step further by eliminating margin manipulation. The traditional...
Feb 8, 2020 | MedBen Rx, MedBen Rx Advocate, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Pharmacy Services Administrator (PSA), Prescription drugs, Rx Costs, Rx Spending, Savings, Transparency
MedBen Rx Advocate offers clients true transparency by removing the ability for pharmacy benefits managers to manipulate drug pricing. By using fee-based pricing, we avoid the margin markups that PBM “middlemen” use to inflate their profits. The Hill reports that...
Oct 18, 2019 | MedBen Rx, MedBen Rx Advocate, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Spread Pricing, Transparency
A key to reducing pharmacy plan costs is to eliminate the use of spread pricing – the difference between what pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) charge employer plans for drugs and what the actual pharmacy pays for them. Often, this “spread” can be substantial, as PBMs...
Jun 14, 2019 | MedBen Rx Advocate, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Transparency
A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch highlights how pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are making big profits on the backs of the taxpayers and threatening the existence of the independent pharmacy. The article focuses on the Ohio Medicaid program, but this issue...
Jun 4, 2019 | MedBen Rx, Transparency
The MedBen Rx approach to drug pricing is straightforward. We keep client costs low by reimbursing pharmacies what they pay for prescription drugs, plus a reasonable dispensing fee. By doing so, we ensure that self-funded employers get the maximum value from their...