The Healthcare Value Chain: Demystifying the Role of Gpos and Pbms

by Lawton Robert Burns

This volume analyzes group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in order to better understand the significant roles that these entities play in the healthcare supply chain. It examines who they contract with, on what terms, and who they represent and answer to while charting their historical development. The analysis reveals that the current roles of both players have historical roots that explain why they behave the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031107381
• ISBN13: 9783031107382
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 655 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"