• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  This program is designed to provide an overview of the purpose, history, and evolution of PBMs and prescription discount cards. Key basic operations, incentives, and economic drivers of PBMs and discount cards will be addressed during this course, then the program will discuss how these mechanisms work, what their goals are, and their what their overall impact has been on healthcare costs and delivery. Finally, this class will give a brief overview of Rutledge v. PCMA, along with predictions for the future from healthcare economists and policy makers. 
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   21258H04_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   21258H04_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Describe the role, function, and main business operations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription discount cards

  Identify key operations, incentives, and economic drivers of PBMs and prescription discount cards

  Identify six possible outcomes of the Supreme Court ruling on Rutldedge v PCMA

  Pharmacy Technician

  Identify six possible outcomes of the Supreme Court ruling on Rutldedge v PCMA

  Identify key operations, incentives, and economic drivers of PBMs and prescription discount cards

  Describe the role, function, and main business operations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription discount cards

  Nurse

  Identify key operations, incentives, and economic drivers of PBMs and prescription discount cards

  Identify six possible outcomes of the Supreme Court ruling on Rutldedge v PCMA

  Describe the role, function, and main business operations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription discount cards

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-862233

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-21-258-H04-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-21-258-H04-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-21-258-H04-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Rene  McEldowney, PhD, MBA Professor Emeritus, Health Services Administration Program, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University

This continuing education activity is held as copyright by PharmCon, Inc. Through this notice, PharmCon, Inc. grants permission of its use for educational purposes only. These materials may not be used, in whole or in part, for any commercial purposes without prior permission in writing from the copyright owner(s).