Customer Satisfaction With PBMs Drops to a Three-Year Low, Study Reports
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Nov 22, 2022
Plan sponsors’ overall satisfaction with their PBMs was 7.8 on a 1-10 scale in 2022, down from 8.2 last year, according to Pharmaceutical Strategies Group’s 2022 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Customer Satisfaction Report. The report was based on surveys completed by 236 individuals representing employers, unions/Taft Hartley plans, health plans and health systems that covered an estimated 76 million lives. Respondents reported a lower likelihood to recommend their PBM to a colleague or to renew their contract without issuing a competitive request for proposal this year, highlighting costs as the primary driver to leave the PBM.
Among core PBM services, satisfaction was highest for “offering competitive traditional drug discounts” and “meeting financial guarantees.” As clinical and cost management programs play a key role in reducing overall costs, 82% of respondents reported using utilization management, while only 8% used gene therapy financial protection programs. Read more
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