Employer Issues

American Medical Association What’s the news: The AMA has gathered first-of-its-kind data on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and its...

LinkedIn Pulse Big Pharma has a very bad reputation, 58% disapprove, however people should REALLY be pissed at another small group of...

TownHall When I served as a White House health advisor, I invited a group of large employers to come describe the challenges company...

Health Affairs Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation that aims to shed light on...

Health care policy decisions based on sound data and research are essential for addressing the challenges. Pharmacy Times Pharmacists are...

A.J. Loiacono was speaking at MedCity INVEST in late March in Chicago when an audience member requested him to address whether it is...

Forbes Most employers have no idea whether they get value for the money they spend on health benefits. Employers rarely see data on the...

Faced with what appears to be an endless increase in prescription drug costs, employers need a clear view into the prices they pay for...

Misaligned incentives, spread pricing, opaque rebates, and specialty distribution models perpetuate extensive customer mistrust in PBMs,...

How insurers deflect criticism, avoid reform and preserve the status quo. Un-Covered When I was a health insurance communications exec, I...

No insurer has ever made that kind of money in U.S. history. Wendell Potter NOW Just days after a Commonwealth Fund report showed that...