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WINTER 2000 
Volume 5 / Number 1
 

 
WHAT'S INSIDE:

Q&A: A Focus on Prior Authorization and Quantity Limitation Programs

Patient Confidentiality and PBM Websites

Drug Profiles and other resources
 
 

Michael H. Deskin, President
PO Box 27831
Tempe, AZ, 85285-7831
Phone: 480-730-0814
Fax: 602-530-4496
E-mail: pbmi@pbmi.com
 

PBM News is published
quarterly by PBMI. 
Your ideas for the newsletter are welcome. Please write to us c/o PBMI.

©2000 PBMI, Inc.

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Albuquerque, NM 87120 

Tel (505) 890-6723
Fax (505) 899-4008
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Ready, Set, Reservations Conference 2000

Don't miss the most informative conference of the new millennium. Plan to attend PBMI'S annual conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. This truly independent educational conference focuses on managing the fastest growing part of your healthcare budget-prescription drugs.

This year's distinguished faculty comes from a number of dynamic organizations, including:

  • Don Dietz from Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions 
  • Raulo Frear from Express Scripts 
  • Philip Hu from Caremark Pharmaceutical Group 
  • Terry Killilea from Regence Blue Shield of Idaho 
  • Susan Peard from Pharmacy Outcomes Specialists 
  • Gerry Purcell from Consultec 
  • Dan Segedin from PCS Health Systems 
  • Mary Sevon from AON Consulting 
  • Jim Sheehan, Assistant United States Attorney 
  • Chris Whipple from Pittsburgh Business Group on Health 
  • Allan Zimmerman from National Prescription Administrators 
Here is a look at this year's topics:
  • Learn how a formulary can positively or negatively affect your bottom line. 
  • Understand why targeting patients for case management and strategies can improve health and reduce costs. 
  • Discover ways to avoid hidden charges. What you don't know during contract negotiation can hurt you. 
  • Data-based decision making. 
  • What's driving drug costs? An examination of the underlying pressures and future trends. 
  • Discover how PBM disease management programs can save money. 
  • Who should be paying? Managing access to "life-style" drugs. 
  • Hear how one business coalition took advantage of its group purchasing power. 
  • Have you considered bringing PBM functions in-house? One organization's experience. 
  • Certain PBM practices are being questioned. What are the legal ramifications? 
  • Online pharmacies and the PBM industry. 
Do not miss the opportunity to meet with other plan sponsors and discuss the issues that matter most to your organization. Space is limited, so register early. Visit our website at www.pbmi.com and expedite your registration online today!
 
 

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