The Value & Access Collaboration, convened by the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention, responded to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Request for Information about how large, vertically integrated pharmacy benefits managers’ (PBMs’) business practices affect consumers’ access to healthcare.
Twenty-one organizations representing patients, clinical providers, community health workers, public health, payers, purchasers & pharma/biotech, who share the goal to “Enhance health and well-being by supporting people’s access to evidence-based care that is appropriate for them,” offered the following consensus input.