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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.
Julliana Newman, ELS
6928 Sweetbriar NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Tel (505) 890-6723
Fax (505) 899-4008
jnewman5@swcp.com
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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:
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Don Dietz from Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions
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Raulo Frear from Express Scripts
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Philip Hu from Caremark Pharmaceutical Group
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Terry Killilea from Regence Blue Shield of Idaho
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Susan Peard from Pharmacy Outcomes Specialists
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Gerry Purcell from Consultec
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Dan Segedin from PCS Health Systems
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Mary Sevon from AON Consulting
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Jim Sheehan, Assistant United States Attorney
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Chris Whipple from Pittsburgh Business Group on Health
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Allan Zimmerman from National Prescription Administrators
Here is a look at this year's topics:
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Learn how a formulary can positively or negatively affect
your bottom line.
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Understand why targeting patients for case management and
strategies can improve health and reduce costs.
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Discover ways to avoid hidden charges. What you don't know
during contract negotiation can hurt you.
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Data-based decision making.
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What's driving drug costs? An examination of the underlying
pressures and future trends.
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Discover how PBM disease management programs can save money.
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Who should be paying? Managing access to "life-style" drugs.
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Hear how one business coalition took advantage of its group
purchasing power.
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Have you considered bringing PBM functions in-house? One
organization's experience.
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Certain PBM practices are being questioned. What are the
legal ramifications?
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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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