Here’s a brief overview of how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) help employers control employee prescription drug costs.

Your PBM plays an important role in helping control employee drug expenses.

• PBMs manage approximately 70 percent of the 3 billion+ prescriptions dispensed each year in the U.S.
• Today, approximately 95 percent of patients with drug coverage receive benefits through a PBM... [676 word article, November 2009]