The Healthcare Value Chain

Demystifying the Role of GPOs and PBMs

Lawton Robert Burns (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 655 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-10738-2 (ISBN)

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This volume analyzes group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in order to better understand the significant roles that these entities play in the healthcare supply chain. It examines who they contract with, on what terms, and who they represent and answer to while charting their historical development. The analysis reveals that the current roles of both players have historical roots that explain why they behave the way they do. Finally, the book reviews the evidence base on the performance results of these two players.

This work fills a void in our understanding about two important and controversial players in the healthcare value chain. Both organizations are cloaked in secrecy - partly by virtue of the private sector contracts they negotiate, partly by virtue of the lack of academic attention. Both play potentially important roles in controlling healthcare costs, albeit using contracting strategies and reimbursement mechanisms that arouse suspicion among stakeholders. This timely text explicates how these organizations arose and evolved to shed more light on how they really operate.

Lawton Robert Burns is James Joo-Jin Kim Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA and Professor in the Departments of (a) Health Care Management and (b) Management. He is also past Director of the Wharton Center for Health Management & Economics, and since 2013, current Co-Director of the Life Sciences and Management Program (LSMP) at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2007-2014, he served as Chair of the Health Care Management Department.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the value chain.- Chapter 2: Introduction to the intermediaries in the healthcare value chain.- Chapter 3: Overview of GPOs .- Chapter 4: History of GPOs (co-authored with David Cassak).- Chapter 5: Performance of GPOs.- Chapter 6: Analysis of Specific GPO Issues.- Chapter 7: Overview of PBMs.- Chapter 8: History of PBMs.- Chapter 9: Performance of PBMs.- Chapter 10: Analysis of Specific PBM Issues.

"Throughout the book, Burns does a nice job ... summaries which still apply today. ... this is an impressive text that will guide readers through the evolution of these two critically important but often under-recognized industries." (Kevin A. Schulman, Health Affairs, healthaffairs.org, December 1, 2023)

“Throughout the book, Burns does a nice job ... summaries which still apply today. ... this is an impressive text that will guide readers through the evolution of these two critically important but often under-recognized industries.” (Kevin A. Schulman, Health Affairs, healthaffairs.org, December 1, 2023)

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	XV, 655 p. 80 illus., 72 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1117 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Bulk buying • Group purchasing organizations • healthcare supply chain • Hospital materials management • Institutional channel for pharmaceuticals • Integrated delivery networks • Managed Care Organizations • Medical Devices • Medical-surgical supplies • pharmaceuticals • Pharmacy benefit managers • Retail channel for pharmaceuticals • Supply Chain Management • tenders
ISBN-10	3-031-10738-1 / 3031107381
ISBN-13	978-3-031-10738-2 / 9783031107382
Zustand	Neuware