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Obesity Medicine and Insurance Woes

Docs Who Lift

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What Is a Pharmacy Benefit Manager?

A pharmacy benefit manager is a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs for commercial health plans. Express Script, CVS Health, and OptimRx of United Health Corp. cover 180 million enrollees. It seems like they simply exist just to restrict what patients are able to get access to and save money for insurance companies.

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