Drug Channels

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2023. During Friday’s webinar, I’ll be sharing my updated thoughts about the IRA’s impact on manufacturers, Part D plans, and patient behavior. Click here to see the original post and comments from September 2022.

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APRIL 5, 2022

The highly-consolidated PBM market notched another year of increased concentration. Consider Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share, shown in the chart below. Significant business relationships among the largest companies continue to shift market share.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In Medicare Part D in 2024: The Seven Largest Companies' Preferred Pharmacy Networks and the Coming Collapse of the PDP Market , I documented how those networks now dominate stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) and have become a major presence in Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2024 This event will be broadcast live on Friday, December 15, 2023 12:00 p.m. The webinar will be broadcast from the Drug Channels studio in beautiful downtown Philadelphia. (Or,

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Drug Channels

MARCH 29, 2022

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: PBM Industry Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2022 Video Webinar Series. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. Patients get access to market prices that can be lower than their PBM’s contracted rate. I’ll cover what’s next for PBMs and discount cards during my upcoming live video webinar, Drug Channels Outlook 2023 , on December 16, 2022, from 12:00 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 27, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and PBMs: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. Links below. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Drug Channels

JULY 25, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Specialty Drugs Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. The highly-consolidated PBM market notched another year of increased concentration. Significant business relationships among the largest companies continue to shift market share.

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Drug Channels

JULY 20, 2022

In this issue: CVS disassociates itself from its chain pharmacy association Payers are paying attention to ICER Benefits of the biosimilar boom A fantastic takedown of health insurance deductibles Plus, I join the Advisory Board of Alto Pharmacy. Cut through the steamy summer haze with our refreshing selection of articles and insights.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 12, 2024

The 340B contract pharmacy market shows little sign of slowing down. Drug Channels Institute’s exclusive analysis of the 2024 market reveals that: About 33,000 pharmacy locations—more than half of the entire U.S. For an updated look at what’s next for the 340B contract pharmacy market, join Adam J.

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Drug Channels

MAY 22, 2023

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new video webinar: PBMs and the Battle Over Patient Support Funds: Accumulators, Maximizers, and Alternative Funding This event will be broadcast live on Friday, June 23, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The 340B contract pharmacy market shows little sign of slowing down. Drug Channels Institute’s exclusive analysis of the 2024 market reveals that: About 33,000 pharmacy locations—more than half of the entire U.S. For an updated look at what’s next for the 340B contract pharmacy market, join Adam J.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 18, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. One important update to the figures below: We (and many others) had significantly underestimated Walgreens' revenues and market share.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Update: Buy-and-Bill Market Trends. I was struck by how quickly Cigna’s Express Scripts PBM business has increased revenues and prescriptions from its retail pharmacy network. Links below.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In May, I recorded a brief video webinar for an on-demand business education session at Asembia's 2020 Specialty Pharmacy Summit Virtual Experience. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. You can watch the full video below. Read more » Copyright © 2006-2020 Pembroke Consulting, Inc. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2023. Below, I highlight three unexpected findings from the data regarding GoodRx’s market position, when people use discount cards, how much they save, and why PBMs should still be worried about this market.

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the video excerpt below, I walk through a brief history of 340B contract pharmacies. In the video excerpt below, I walk through a brief history of 340B contract pharmacies. I conclude with a “follow the dollar” example of 340B prescription economics with contract pharmacies. Click here if you can’t see the video below.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this issue: A reality check on Express Scripts’ purported “cost-based” pharmacy network Mark Cuban explains how and why the PBM market will change Why two drug prices are better than one Pharmacists sing the retail pharmacy shakeout blues Plus, two Philly legends meet at a cardiology conference! to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 17, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. Three is still the magic number for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Click here to see the original post from April 2024.

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Drug Channels

MAY 21, 2024

Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for DCI’s new live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook This event will be broadcast live on Friday, June 21, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 18, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook. See The Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2023: Market Shares and Revenues at the Biggest PBMs, Health Plans, and Independents. All rights reserved.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. The generic prescription market is being disrupted—but not by the big, bad spaceman from Seattle. Click here to see the original post and comments from August 2021.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 4, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. For updated data on hospital-owned specialty pharmacies, see Chapter 3 of DCI's new 2024 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 1, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for his latest live video webinar: Drug Channels Update: 340B Controversies and Outlook. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. The webinar will be 90 minutes to accommodate audience questions.

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Drug Channels

MAY 2, 2023

In my most recent video webinar , I explored how the rapid expansion of patient-paid prescriptions—via cash-pay pharmacies and discount card vendors—is transforming the prescription market. retail pharmacy pricing. retail pharmacy pricing. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. and 12.4.3.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In Consolidation and Preferred Pharmacy Networks in 2022’s Medicare Part D Plans , I highlighted how those networks have hijacked the world of stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) and become a major presence in Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans. to 1:30 p.m. Click here to learn more and sign up.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As I predicted, the stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) market is vanishing. What’s more, the share of plans with a preferred cost sharing pharmacy network will fall to its lowest rate in more than 10 years. Legislate in haste. Repent in leisure. What else should you expect for 2025? to 1:30 p.m.

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Perficient: Drug Development

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Learn about Adobe’s commitment to maintaining HIPAA-ready standards within commerce solutions and join Perficient and Adobe for a webinar hosted by CMSWire. EST Secure Digital Conversion: Unveiling Adobe’s HIPAA-Ready Commerce Solution webinar hosted by CMSWire. 3 Ways Adobe Commerce Elevates Pharmacy Services

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Drug Channels

MAY 24, 2023

For more on PBMs, sign up for my new live video webinar, PBMs and the Battle Over Patient Support Funds: Accumulators, Maximizers, and Alternative Funding , on June 23, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently started investigating these GPOs. to 1:30 p.m. Click here to learn more and register.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fein, CEO of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the author of Drug Channels , invites you to join him for a new live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. This event is part of The Drug Channels 2021 Quarterly Video Webinar Series. The Outlook 2022 marks our third annual outlook webinar. Broadcast live on December 17, 2021.

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Drug Channels

JULY 9, 2020

In Drug Channels Institute's list of the top 15 pharmacies of 2019 , we show that many of the largest U.S. pharmacies are now central-fill mail and specialty pharmacies operated by PBMs and insurers. I see upside for specialty pharmacies in the aftermath of the pandemic. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Drug Channels

JANUARY 21, 2022

Today’s guest post comes from Chris Dowd, Senior Vice President of Market Development at ConnectiveRx. Chris discusses how COVID-19 is impacting stakeholders across the healthcare system, including patients, providers, pharmacies, and manufacturers.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In Preferred Pharmacy Networks in 2023’s Medicare Part D Plans: Cigna, CVS Health, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, WellCare, and More , I highlighted how those networks have taken over the world of stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) and become a major presence in Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 22, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: PBMs and the Battle Over Patient Support Funds: Accumulators, Maximizers, and Alternative Funding. retail pharmacy pricing. Such cards also enable novel profit streams for both pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the card vendors themselves.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 12, 2022

As you will see below, outpatient prescription drugs dispensed by retail and mail pharmacies are projected to remain a small share (8.4%) of total U.S. What’s more, taxpayers—via Medicare and Medicaid—will continue to crowd out the private insurance market. healthcare spending. healthcare spending growth. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In Medicare Part D in 2025: Preferred Pharmacy Networks Fade in a Collapsing PDP Market , I documented the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) disruption to Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs). for his upcoming live video webinar, Drug Channels Outlook 2025 , on December 13, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. Fein, Ph.D., to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2021. Last week, news broke that Prime Therapeutics is expanding its relationship with Cigna’s Express Scripts to include mail and specialty pharmacy dispensing.

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