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PBMI Issues Last Call for Entries in Drug Benefit Awards Program
| Source: Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute
SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - November 16, 2009) - The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute
(PBMI) is accepting final entries in its annual drug benefit awards
program. Deadline to submit for an Rx Benefit Innovation Award is
Dec. 1, 2009.
Award winners will be honored at PBMI's 15th Anniversary Drug Benefit Conference to be
held February 17-19 in Phoenix. The education and networking event draws
human resource professionals, health plan executives, pharmacy directors,
benefits consultants and pharmacy benefit managers from across the nation.
"PBMI wants to showcase organizations with new and different solutions for
managing the cost and quality of drug benefit programs," says Dana H.
Felthouse, MBA, president of PBMI. "Measurable outcomes are a hallmark of
effective solutions. Past award winners have made significant improvements to
drug benefit design and administration."
Nominees may be employers and other sponsors of drug benefit programs,
pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), or any other organization involved in the
delivery of drug benefit programs. Award entries should include a letter to
PBMI describing a drug benefit challenge, target audience, objectives,
implementation plan, metrics and results. The strongest entries clearly
describe quantifiable results tied to program objectives.
Additional information on the submission process and past award recipients
is at www.pbmi.com/awards.asp. Information on PBMI's 2010 Drug Benefit
Conference is at www.pbmi.com/conference.asp.
The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute provides research and continuing
education that helps health care benefit executives work effectively with
their pharmacy benefit managers to improve the design and management of
drug benefit programs. Learn more at www.pbmi.com.