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Benefits leaders are understandably increasingly anxious about the unsustainable Rx spend trajectory. Industry veterans and leaders Jason Parrott and Lee Lewis are on the front lines, advising benefits leaders on innovative solutions for problems just like this. Join them for a roundtable webinar discussion on how employers and consultants can proactively reduce prescription drug spend in 2025. Register at the link in our comments — we'll see you there!

Thank you to all pharmacists as we close out National Pharmacy Week. The work you do makes a huge difference to the patients you interact with every day. Healthcare can be complex to navigate, and you're on the front lines simplifying the process and helping people feel better, experience fewer side effects, and improve their health outcomes. We appreciate your expertise and fantastic work with Walrus members Lora L.!

This week is National Pharmacy Week, and we're thrilled to recognize one of our Walrus pharmacists today. Pharmacists are unsung heroes in healthcare, and we're grateful to see their tremendous impact on people's health every day at Walrus as they help members navigate complicated meds, difficult chronic conditions, and uncomfortable side effects. Thanks for all you do Neha Patel, PharmD!

The proliferation of GLP-1s has taught us a lot about consumers — they'll find a way to get on a given drug if they want it badly enough. PBMs help avoid waste through population-level management, but to best eliminate the skyrocketing costs, we need to implement active medication management for the individual. Kimball Thomas explains more in this newest MedCity News piece. https://lnkd.in/gyQrZm8c

We're excited to be part of the discussion. Thank you to the Mercer team.

We're thrilled to be part of the PHIR Summit this week.

In honor of the 35th anniversary of one of my favorite movies, I hope you'll consider the following question: What does "Field of Dreams" have to do with pharmacy benefits? When the film was released on April 21, 1989, the line "If you build it, he will come" was forever etched in our memories. It's another classic line, however, that's relevant for how employers can address wasteful spending on prescription drugs: "Go the distance." When Kevin Costner's character hears "The Voice" say this at the Red Sox game, he's convinced to see his plan through to the end. Similarly, in order for employers to root out and address Rx waste among their costliest plan members taking five or more medications, they too need to "go the distance" and extend medication management programs from the population level all the way down to the individual level. To learn how Walrus Health complements the PBM's plan-level programs by actively managing medications at the individual level, please join our webinar this Wednesday, April 24, at 12 pm CT. Click below to learn more and register. https://lnkd.in/gFkTStAK And by the way, we invited Shoeless Joe Jackson and Moonlight Graham to join the panel, but they're still TBD ...

Just because someone *can* be on a given medication doesn't mean they *should* be. That's the gist of my friend Kimball Thomas's company, Walrus Health, which takes familiar principles that PBMs use at the population level to actively manage medications at the individual level, where a surprising amount of waste (and dangerous issues) slips through things like formulary, prior-auth, etc. I'm moderating a webinar on the topic for them on Wednesday. If you'd like to join, sign up at https://lnkd.in/gJHYDrwv. See you there:)

Join our webinar next week to learn how you can save more than $1,000 per participant per year. Walrus complements the population-level management of PBMs with active medication management at the individual level. Register at: https://lnkd.in/g42xh4Fu

Lower drug costs can reduce disease complications. https://lnkd.in/dMFrq6qG