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Pharmacy benefit manager

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A company under contract with managed care organizations, self-insured companies, and government programs to manage pharmacy network management, drug utilization review, outcomes management, and disease management.

The aim is to save money.

A pharmacy benefit manager may, for example, fill drug prescriptions by mail order as part of a corporate health insurance plan.

Abbreviated PBM

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