Scott Long, CPBS, CHVP, CSFS

It might seem like Alphabet Soup, but knowing what NDC and J-Code means is an absolute must. Essentially, both are used to determine how your medical procedures or medications are billed to your health insurance. However, there are significant differences …

You’re probably getting ready to review your pharmacy benefits plan and how much you’re spending. How much you spend depends on your PBM contract, which can be anywhere from radically transparent to opaque. Consider these three tips to help lower …

If you’re managing a self-funded healthcare plan in 2021, chances are you know about specialty medications and how they can devastate a pharmacy benefit budget. Specialty drugs are becoming more common, so your organization needs to have a plan for …

What is pharmacogenomics? Kinetiq Health Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader Erin Albert, PharmD, talks about the topic with TrueRx Director of Clinical Operations Daniel Wilson, PharmD on this episode of The Point Podcast.

Apex wraps up its celebration of American Pharmacists Month with a discussion about the future of pharmacy. Apex Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader chats with Project Ronin Clinical Oncology Content Specialist Kelley Carlstrom about how the future is already here.

What makes a specialty drug exactly that? And how much of the pharmacy benefit spend goes toward specialty drugs?

There’s so many logistics that need addressed for adult caregivers. Amy Torrez’s own personal experience showed her how things can be overlooked, especially if a loved one is receiving treatment far from home.

Cam Davis and Rob Kee come from different backgrounds, but both discovered through First Fridays they have a passion for telling stories in Fort Wayne.

On this episode of The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne, Apex Benefits Strategist Kassee Lamm chats with JA’s Stephen Hilker and Hayli Beck about JA’s goals and successes over the years.

What you’re looking for is referred to as “lessor of” logic or “lessor of” language. In layman’s terms, its language in your PBM contract that stipulates that if there is a lower available price, the PBM must use it as a …

Of course, you need to know where cost is coming from. But, equally important, you need to understand where cost is not coming from too so that you can reduce avoidable costs.

I’ve got a question, have you ever caught yourself forgetting what an acronym stands for? Seriously – It happened to me this past weekend. Acronyms are all around us.