Drug Channels

MARCH 19, 2024

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers , available for purchase and immediate download. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ (press release) Review pricing/license options and download the full 2024 report We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before April 8, 2024. The 2024 Economic Report on U.S.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

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 2023. The webinar will be broadcast from the Drug Channels studio in beautiful downtown Philadelphia. The webinar will last 90 minutes to accommodate audience questions.

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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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Drug Channels

MARCH 7, 2024

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Email Paula Fein ( paula@drugchannels.net ) if you’d like to bundle the report purchase with access to DCI’s video webinars. On March 19, 2024, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2024 Economic Report on U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system.

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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 8, 2023

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. The largest 15 pharmacies accounted for more than 75% of total dispensing revenues from retail, mail, long-term care, and specialty pharmacies. How will GoodRx and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company affect the pharmacy industry? to 1:30 p.m.

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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. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MARCH 12, 2024

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. How will the most consequential change in federal drug pricing policy affect the largest pharmacies and PBMs? Find out at my upcoming live video webinar, Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act , on April 5, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. For 2023, DCI estimates that U.S.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The rise of discount card pricing within pharmacy benefit plans is a positive development. However, I suspect few people understand that placing discount cards within the pharmacy benefit enables a PBM to monetize a new fee stream from the card vendor. Links below. to 1:30 p.m.

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Drug Channels

MAY 23, 2023

Below, you’ll find Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share based on equivalent prescription claims. In the meantime, tune in for more PBM-bashing at today's House hearing: The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part I: Self-Interest or Health Care?

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Drug Channels

APRIL 5, 2022

Consider Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share, shown in the chart below. To get a handle on this complex market, join me on April 22 for a new live video webinar, PBM Industry Update: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2022. Charlotte Morabito at CNBC has put together “Why Pharmacies Overcharge,” an entertaining and provocative video on the pharmacy industry and its generic prescription pricing. Links below.

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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.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

ICYMI, CVS Health recently announced that it will close about 900 of its retail pharmacies. The pharmacy shakeout is accelerating, as smaller competitors exit and larger companies reduce store count. The pharmacy shakeout is accelerating, as smaller competitors exit and larger companies reduce store count.

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Drug Channels

JULY 27, 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. To complement that broader ranking, we present below our exclusive and updated list of the top 15 pharmacies based on specialty drug dispensing revenues in 2021.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Despite skyrocketing sales for anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs, many retail pharmacies are losing money on every prescription. The common factor behind these two disparate situations: Pharmaceutical wholesalers’ unusual pricing for brand-name drugs sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and other buyers. to 1:30 p.m.

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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. Consider Drug Channels Institute's latest estimates of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market share, shown in the chart below.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In my previous post , I highlighted the largest pharmacy chains that will participate in the 2022 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP). Smaller pharmacies’ rejection of Part D preferred networks shows that they are figuring out how to survive a highly challenging retail environment. Perhaps Part D is just a flesh wound?

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Drug Channels

APRIL 2, 2024

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. For more on acquisition cost reimbursement for pharmacies, see Sections 8.4. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. and 12.3.4. of our new 2024 Economic Report on U.S.

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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

JUNE 23, 2023

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for today’s live video webinar: PBMs and the Battle Over Patient Support Funds: Accumulators, Maximizers, and Alternative Funding. Below I examine the latest data on pharmacy benefits: cost sharing tier structures, copayment vs. coinsurance, and out-of-pocket obligations.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Is the world ready for new ways to price pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) services? I commend CVS Health for attempting to address key economic challenges facing the retail pharmacy industry and for tackling the hidden complexities of PBM pricing models. Below you'll find details and links to source documents.

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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

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! I’m not posting to Threads yet.)

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Drug Channels

AUGUST 6, 2024

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. I conclude with a “follow the dollar” example of 340B prescription economics with contract pharmacies.

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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

MARCH 25, 2024

Find out during Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act , a new live video webinar with Adam J. Click here to learn more and reserve your spot at our April 5 webinar. What’s ahead for the drug channel? Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. All rights reserved.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consolidation has brought together large, economically significant insurer/PBM/specialty pharmacy/provider organizations within U.S. If this clip whets your appetite for more, purchase a replay of the full 90 minute Drug Channels Outlook 2023 video webinar. Or register for my forthcoming 2023 video webinar series. drug channels.

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Drug Channels

MAY 12, 2020

Thanks to everyone who joined me for DCI's Industry Update and COVID-19 Impact video webinars. Below is a brief video excerpt from my May 1 video webinar. In this clip, I summarize the perilous competitive dynamics facing retail pharmacies. I enjoyed putting these events together and hope you benefited from watching them.

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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. pharmacy industry—act as contract pharmacies for the hospitals and federal grantees that participate in the 340B program.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 15, 2021

Drug Channels Institute’s latest review of contract pharmacies in the 340B Drug Pricing Program reveals that an astonishing 30,000 pharmacy locations—half of the entire U.S. pharmacy industry—now act as contract pharmacies for the hospitals and other healthcare providers that participate in the 340B program.

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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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