Healthcare Services:Charts that Make You Go Hmmm...The PBM vs. MCO Battle for Rx
As we take a break from MCO merger news this week (so far), welook at independent PBM vs. MCO control of Rx. We estimate today~74% of volume goes through an independent PBM and 26% anMCO PBM. If large MCOs pull volume out the next several years wecould see a 61%/39% split (Exhibit 1 ).