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What can a purchaser of prescription drug benefits expect to see during 2014? Here are WBC’s (wbcbaltimore.com) top trends that will impact your drug plan management for 2014 and 2015: 1. Specialty Drug Management. Specialty has far outpaced even the more aggressive predictions of their exploding cost trends of just a few years ago. Trending […]

When Walgreens announced that it would not be a part of the Express Scripts (“ESI”) network in 2012, waves of uncertainty reverberated throughout the PBM world.  Would this development help or hurt plan sponsors’ efforts to reduce pharmacy benefit costs?  Would a restricted pharmacy network drive ESI clients away? Will Walgreens take a similar tact […]

Some trends are better than others! Prescription drug benefits are continuously targeted for cost control and improved member satisfaction.  Here are WBC’s (wbcbaltimore.com) top trends that will impact your drug plan management for 2012: Generic Utilization. With a number of blockbuster brands losing their patent protection in 2011 and 2012, the pressure for greater generic fill […]