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AIS Pharmacy Benefit Survey Results

Since 2000, Atlantic Information Services (AIS) has been conducting a quarterly survey of PBMs and related companies to track growth and consolidation in the industry, and trends in drug costs, utilization and benefit design. Previously published with extensive analysis in AIS’s newsletters and books, this data instantly now is available electronically as individual Excel spreadsheets containing the raw survey results for each quarter.

AIS's Pharmacy Benefit Survey Results for 3rd quarter 2010 through 2nd quarter 2012 are available through the PBMI shopping cart, with a 10% discount for PBMI members. Take a look at the key survey fields and order one or more quarters of this unique data.

4th Quarter 2010	3rd Quarter 2010	2nd Quarter 2012	1st Quarter 2012
4th Quarter 2011	3rd Quarter 2011	2nd Quarter 2011	1st Quarter 2011

The survey is conducted by full-time AIS staff researchers. All types of vendors serving the pharmacy benefit management industry are surveyed, including PBMs, specialty pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, pharmacy benefit administrators and benefit design consultants.

Main Survey Fields

Annual Gross Revenues – Total
Annual Gross Revenues – PBM
Annual Gross Revenues – Specialty Pharmacy
Number Employees – PBM Operations
Number Employees – Specialty Pharmacy Operations
Drug Spend/Year – PBM
Drug Spend/Year – Specialty Pharmacy
Number Specialty Pharmacy Patients/Year
Number of Clients
Number MCO Clients
Number Physician Clients
% Private Sector Business
% Public Sector Business
Total Covered Lives
Lives Under Formulary Control
Number Prescriptions/Year
- Rx Via Retail Total
- Rx Via Independent
- Rx Via Chain
- Rx Via Mail Order
- Rx Via Mail Order (ADJUSTED)
- Rx Via Specialty Pharmacy
Generic Fill Rate
Number Pharmacies
- Retail Pharmacies
- Independent Retail Pharmacies
- Chain Retail Pharmacies
- Mail-Order Pharmacies
- SP Distribution Centers
Number Drugs in Formulary
- Brand-Name Total
  - Brand-Name Single Source
  - Brand-Name Multi-Source
- Generic
  - MAC
  - Non-MAC
Average Copay First Tier
Average Copay Second Tier
Average Copay Third Tier
% Claims First Tier
% Claims Second Tier
% Claims Third Tier

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