Jun 27, 2020 | MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Pharmacy Services Administrator (PSA)
As an agent or a plan administrator, it is important to understand how PBM contracts compare – “not just in terms of the numbers calculated for things like discounts and rebates, but also in terms of how they function and align (or fail to align) with your client’s...
May 28, 2020 | MedBen Rx, MedBen Rx Advocate, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Savings, Transparency
A recent Benefits Pro article highlights two pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business models: traditional and pass-through. MedBen Rx Advocate begins with the pass-through approach but takes it one step further by eliminating margin manipulation. The traditional...
May 17, 2020 | MedBen Rx, MedBen Rx Advocate, MedBen Rx Alliance, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Prescription drugs, Rx Costs, Savings
Three-quarters of MedBen clients use MedBen Rx prescription programs and are seeing the benefits first-hand. By utilizing our forward-thinking pharmacy solutions, these groups realized an average savings of 14.8% per employee per year, compared to those using other...
May 3, 2020 | MedBen Rx, MedBen University
From 2015 to 2019, MedBen’s municipality block saw just a 2.7% trend on total claim costs. At the 14th Annual Municipality Roundtable Webinar on April 30, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Brian Fargus shared that municipality medical costs trended at 3.4%...
Mar 6, 2020 | MedBen Rx, Prescription drugs
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 a constant topic in the news nowadays, many consumers are stocking up on various drugs. MedBen is recommending no change to the current prescription drug refill guidelines for our clients and here’s why: Most wholesalers have a good...
