PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/353773.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Expert Warns Health Plans to Eliminate PBMs' "MAC" Mousetraps - or Hemorrhage Generic Drug Savings http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1446914.htm This article details how PBMs are manipulating generic pricing terms in their contracts with clients and robbing plans of a large portion of their generic savings as a result. The article focuses on PBMs' MAC manipulations in particular, detailing exactly how PBMs use "MAC" pricing to dramatically increase plans' prescription coverage costs. (PRWeb Oct 23, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1446914.htm Free Internet Video Tells Corp. & Union & Govt. Health Plans How To Obtain 100% of Generic Drug Savings From PBMs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891114.htm Pharmacy Benefit Consultants has distributed a free internet video to ensure that health plans - not PBMs - obtain the financial benefits that result from generic drug use. The video describes what every corporate and union and government health plan must do to ensure it obtains 100% of generic drug savings. The video also demonstrates that PBMs retain a large portion of financial savings that should result from generic drug sales, and explains how PBMs draft their contracts with health plans to do so. By watching this free video, health plans can quickly learn how to maximize their generic drug savings by rewriting their PBM contracts and demanding entirely different contract terms from their PBMs. (PRWeb Apr 29, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891114.htm Free Internet Video Explains Why PBMs - Not Health Plans - Are Benefiting From Generic Drug Sales, and Tells Health Plans How To Ensure 100 Percent Generic Drug Savings http://www.prweb.com/releases/Maximize/GenericDrugSavings/prweb832624.htm Pharmacy Benefit Consultants is distributing a free internet video to ensure that health plans - not PBMs - obtain the financial benefits that result from generic drug sales. The video provides extensive evidence that PBMs retain a large portion of the financial savings that should result from generic drug sales. The video also explains how most PBMs draft their contracts with health plans to do so. And the video describes what every corporate and union and government health plan must do to ensure it obtains 100% of generic drug savings. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/Maximize/GenericDrugSavings/prweb832624.htm Pharmacy Benefit Consultants Distributes Free Internet Video To Help Corporate & Union & Govt Health Plans Dramatically Decrease Their Rx Coverage Costs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb675424.htm To assist health plans to entirely restructure their PBM RFPs, Pharmacy Benefit Consultants is distributing a free internet video captioned "How to Conduct A Successful PBM RFP". The video details the repeated mistakes made by virtually all consulting firms in conducting PBM RFPs, and describes an entirely new RFP approach for health plans to implement. Pharmacy Benefit Consultants' president, Linda Cahn, also identifies key contract terms that must be included in every new PBM contract. (PRWeb Feb 5, 2008)

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