Catalog Number : agn1560
Title : Maximizing the Perfomance of Your Pharmacy Benefit Program
Speaker : Bill Nulman

Webplay Recording Date : 1-13-2009
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

The pharmacy benefit landscape has changed dramatically during the last several years. Plan sponsors continue to look for more innovative, market-savvy methods to manage their pharmacy benefit program in an effort to provide quality benefits while keeping overall costs down. With this background knowledge in place, an overview will then be provided illustrating how to effectively develop an enhanced pharmacy model strategy. The focus of this strategy is to put greater control of pharmacy spending directly into the hands of plan sponsors in order to maximize their pharmacy investments, while improving overall health and productivity outcomes. Concentrating on purchasing methods, delivery channels, value-based plan design and other factors, participants will learn how to navigate the key components of effective, innovative pharmacy benefit management into a more integrated strategy that maximizes the PBM relationship and better serves their organization’s interests.

Target Audience: 

• Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, and Pharmacy administration personnel

Webinar Objectives:

• The current pharmacy benefit marketplace
• Contrasting business models
• Alternative purchasing strategies with PHMs that align economically and operationally with the plan sponsor’s strategy and interests
• Creating a value-based benefit design/formulary

Contact Hours: 

This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.