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Posted on: 24 August 2020

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) work with health insurance companies and pharmacies to help them contract with one another. If you run a pharmacy, then you might want to work with a PBM. Then, you can become a part of the pharmacy network for one or more health insurance companies. It might be worthwhile for your pharmacy to do this for these reasons and more.

PBMs Work With Many Health Insurance Companies

Some PBMs work with one or more health insurance companies. Plus, there are a lot of PBMs out there, so if you work with several of them, you will have the chance to work with multiple health insurance companies at the same time. This is true for health insurance companies that provide benefits for employees of companies, and it's even true for government-operated health insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.

You Can Bring In a Lot More Business

Of course, one of the primary reasons to think about working with one or more PBMs is so that you can bring in more business for your pharmacy. Basically, if your pharmacy becomes a part of the pharmacy network for one or more health insurance companies, then you can pretty much count on bringing in business from people who are insured with these companies. Although advertising and other methods of bringing in more business for your pharmacy can certainly be effective, you might find that working with a PBM is one of the most effective things that you can do if you want to encourage more customers to walk through your doors to purchase their prescription medications.

PBMs Often Make it Easy

You might be interested in contracting with one or more health insurance companies so that you can become a part of their network, but you might be concerned about everything that goes into doing so. After all, you probably already put in a lot of hard work when running your pharmacy, and you might be concerned that it will be a big hassle to get everything set up when becoming a part of a health insurance company's network. Luckily, though, a PBM should help make it easy. For one thing, they can explain everything to you so that you know what to expect, and they can answer your questions. Then, they should be able to assist you with any steps that you need to take in order to become a part of an insurance company's network.

Reach out to a professional to learn more about pharmacy PBM contracting services.