Employers and drugstores press for pbm transparency: A labor department advisory committee has recommended changes

摘要

Six years ago, Robert Schenk, who administered drug prescriptions for the Meridian Health Systems employee health plan, started to scratch his head over medication costs. Meridian, a nonprofit that owns and operates six hospitals in northern New Jersey, had hired Express Scripts in hopes that the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) would reduce the system's spending on drugs for employees, according to a 2013 article in Fortune magazine.