PBM executive: Industry has been discussing end of rebates for a ‘long, long time’
Though the Trump administration’s steps to end drug rebates have been met with outrage from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), these companies have been talking about a future without rebates for a long time, experts say.
Byron Mickle, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Navitus Health Solutions, a Wisconsin-based PBM, said during a panel at the World Health Care Congress that eliminating the rebate model is a good foundation for policy to address other issues in drug pricing, such as the cost of specialty drugs.
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