Below is a glossary of common pharmacy terms. Click the term to view its definition. 1. Pharmacy Benefit Managers Click for Definition > 2. Acute medications Click for Definition > 3. Average Wholesale Price (AWP) Click for Definition > 4. Co-insurance payments Click for Definition > 5. Dispense As Written Click for Definition > 6. Drug interaction Click for Definition > 7. Formularies Click for Definition > 8. Maintenance medications Click for Definition > 9. Pharmacy technician Click for Definition > 10. Rebates Click for Definition > 11. Therapeutic switching Click for Definition >   Welcome | Latest News | Your Legislator | Mail Order | Questions Contact Us | Petition | Links Coalition for Quality Healthcare "Upholding high standards of personal service, assuring full access to consumer options and preserving the traditional contributions of local pharmacies to the state's economy" © Copyright 2004 Coalition for Quality Healthcare. All rights reserved.

Why You Should Support HB 5254! 11 / 1 / 2005 Medco's Clash With Clarity 1 / 5 / 2006   Potential conflict: Each of the four largest PBMs runs a mail order division that is more profitable than administering a health plan. PBMs have a strong incentive to switch patients to more expensive brand-name medications that earn substantial rebates from manufacturers, which are not passed along fully to consumers or employers.