National Community Pharmacists Association
Recent News About National Community Pharmacists Association
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There is rising concern that consolidation in the health care industry is shifting power away from patients and physicians toward large intermediaries. An example of this is the role of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, which negotiate prescription drug prices for insurance companies and determine what medications will be available to patients under various plans. Anne Cassity argues that PBMs have moved beyond their original role, and now create conflicts of interest that raise costs and threaten the survival of local pharmacies.