PBIRx®
Intelligent Solutions in Pharmacy Benefits
612 Wheelers Farms Road, Milford, CT 06461
(888) 797-2479
At the Annual Leadership
Meeting for The Essex Group on December 12th, Dave Sirowich and Bob Kademian of
Pharmacy Benefit Consultants PBIRx presented key points regarding the
innovative Population Health Management program being implemented at the company,
to the 100 attendees.
Bob Kademian, Director of
Strategic Accounts, a pharmacist and certified wellness coach, discussed the importance of wellness, the importance and advantages of
preventing diseases vs. treating diseases, specific diseases and drugs that can
be part of a population health management program, and the initial component of
the program which involves tobacco cessation which is effective January 1,
2014.
Dave Sirowich, Executive VP
of PBIRx, also reviewed how PBIRx has been working with The Essex Group since
2011 having saved nearly 50% of anticipated pharmacy benefit costs for the
company. Further, he stated that "the objectives of PBIRx are to minimize
healthcare costs while supporting the optimization of healthcare outcomes, and
the Population Health management program at The Essex Group is consistent with
those objectives." For that reason he stated that he was excited about
what PBIRx and The Essex Group could achieve together with this program. He
further stated that only a comprehensive integrated program involving non-drug
components, vs. merely giving away prescription drugs at $0 copayment, is the
key to success with such a program.
The Essex Group, D/B/A
Elder Services is a senior care company with six sites in Massachusetts, and is based in
Rowley, MA. It provides a number of services for seniors such as: long term
living; short term recovery; rehabilitation; physical, occupational, and speech
therapy; and 24-hour nursing, on-call physicians, labs X-ray & pharmacy. They also provide psychiatric and psychological consults, hospice and social and recreational programs. They now provide assisted living services as well.
PBIRx is a pharmacy benefit
consulting and auditing firm based in Milford, CT with offices in Indiana and
Tennessee. The company offers consulting, auditing, actuarial, clinical, and
prescription/medical data integration services.
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