PBM Reform Podcast

The seventh episode in the PBM Reform Podcast Series features guest host Monique Whitney, the Excutive Director of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) interviewing pharmacy owners, Oliver's Express Pharmacy Oliver Lackey, PharmD and Main Street Pharmacy Owner, Jeremy Counts, PharmD.  Two major trends are driving decreasing reimbursement to pharmacies: DIR fees and copay clawbacks....

Pharmacists are trapped in a system that threatens patient safety. Thomas E. Menighan, BSPharm, MBA, ScD (Hon), FAPhA APhA Executive Vice President and CEO writes: If you ask me what keeps me up at night, I’d say it’s the kinds of mistakes that Ellen Gabler described in her January 31 New York Times story, “How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk.”  During my time as a community...

On the 5th interview of the PBM Reform Podcast Series we talk with Scott Pace, Pharm. D., J.D. pharmacy owner and advocate for PBM Change.  Scott is a Partner at Impact Management Group where he focuses on the Government Relations and Public Affairs practice areas.   Scott joined IMG following more than 12 years with the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, most recently serving as the organization’s...

IN DATA WE TRUST Special Guest: ANTONIO CIACCIA with 3 Axis Advisors.  Born and raised in pharmacy, Antonio has been crawling around pharmacies his entire life.  After three years as a pharmacy technician and two years of pre-pharmacy curriculum, Antonio diverted course, graduating from The Ohio State University in 2007 with dual degrees in communications and political science before moving into t...

On Part Three of the PBM Reform Podcast Series we talk with Mary Ellen S. Jones a PSEA UniServ Representative and Anthony J. Loiacono / Chief Executive Officer of Capital Rx, a pass-thru Pharmacy Benefit Management company.  PSEA is 181,000 members strong – a community of education professionals who make a difference in the lives of Pennsylvania’s students every day.   PSEA members are teachers, e...

Part Two of the PBM Reform Podcast Series features an interview with Monique Whitney, the Excutive Director of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT).  Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) is a non-profit advocacy organization founded by independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners devoted to exposing the truth about the anti-competitive tactics of pharmacy benefits ma...

Anne CassityVice President, Federal and State Government Affairs at National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) joins Todd Eury, CEO of the Pharmacy Podcast Network, on part one of the new series:  PBM Reform Podcast Series  Pharmacy benefit managers were created as middlemen to reduce administrative costs for insurers, validate a patient’s eligibility, administer plan benefits, and negotiat...