Most Recent Articles from Drug Cost Management Report

• PBM takes disease-specific approach to specialty pharmacy - Prescription Solutions 

  Like many PBMs, Prescription Solutions has been seeking ways to meet its clients' specialty pharmacy needs in a way that leverages the company's...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

• Next month, a federal appeals court will consider whether state Medicaid programs can barter for removal of prior-authorization restrictions in exchange for larger rebates - Brief Article 

  * Next month, a federal appeals court will consider whether state Medicaid programs can barter for removal of prior-authorization restrictions in...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

• Minnesota seeks Rx cost savings via producers' free drug programs 

  One possibly underutilized method of reducing drug costs for certain beneficiaries is that of obtaining free prescription medications for members...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

• First Health Services Corp. won the pharmacy benefit contract to serve the 1.3 million enrollees of TennCare, the Tennessee Medicaid program - Brief Article 

  * First Health Services Corp. won the pharmacy benefit contract to serve the 1.3 million enrollees of TennCare, the Tennessee Medicaid program. As...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

• Compromise Medicare reform bill would aid PBMs, manufacturers of injectables 

  It looks like final passage of a Medicare reform bill may be imminent, now that the current compromise legislation has gained some key...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

• Medco seeks to dominate PBM field, says it's poised for growth 

  Medco Health Solutions, Inc. has positioned itself as the nation's dominant PBM based on the firm's revenue of approximately $33 billion and net...

  11/21/03 · More from publication

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