Reconstructing Healthcare: Innovative Solutions For Employers To Lower Their Healthcare Costs

Topics: Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Misaligned Incentives Price Transparency  Efficacy versus Effectiveness Consumerism Specialty Drugs Drug Waste Drug Manufacturer Rebate Steerage   In this episode, Michael introduces you to Mort Jorgensen, the Co-founder, and CEO of Rx’n Go, Paul Ford, the Founder of OrchestraRx and Pramod John, the CEO of VIVIO Health. Join our round table as we dive into the current state of the Pharmacy Marketplace and ideas to challenge the inefficiencies and problems in traditional Rx purchasing.  Here’s a glance at what we discuss in this episode: The table’s opinion about the current mergers of the largest PBMs with insurance companies and how this could impact the marketplace The complexities and challenges with the current pharmacy purchasing structure  How payors have zero visibility into the pricing for Generics, Brand and Specialty Drugs How current benefit design is a part of the transparency problem  The Pareto Principle, how it relates to drug spend