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Study Group: Employee Benefits Consultants

Council Members in this Study Group: 154

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Robert Cohen, MHSA, Managing General Partner, Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC Robert Cohen, MHSA

Managing General Partner
Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC
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Robert Cohen is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC, a employee benefits services firm in Washington, DC. Mr. Cohen has over 20 years of experience as a human resources and employee benefits professional in the mid-Atlantic region. He serves on the board...

James Ward, Jr

President and Chief Executive Officer
InGenuity Group
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James Ward is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingenuity Group, an independent Commercial Insurance Agency, Employee Benefits, and Risk Management firm. He is a Licensed Insurance Counselor (LIC), General Agent & Broker for Small & Middle Market clients. Mr. Ward is an active Member of...

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas Daniel Buckle

Principal
Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas
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Daniel Buckle is the Principal of Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas, an employee benefit consulting firm, where he has worked since July 2004. He has over 22 years of experience in designing health, dental, life, accident and disability programs for employers of all sizes. As an independent...

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PBM's Fail Employers with Mail

May 9, 2007

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Comparison of Mail Order with community Pharmacy Cost | www.amcp.org

Mail did not produce higher generic utilization rates or lower costs for employers who hired a PBM to accomplish both.

Media Smells Blood at Big Pharma

April 2, 2007

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Under The Influence | www.cbsnews.com

60 Minutes aired its story last night on the impact of The Pharmaceutical Lobby in writing and passing  Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.Over the course of the upcoming Presidential campaign  the high cost of prescription drugs will become an issue and spill over into employer plans as well...

Hello Managed Care!

March 28, 2007

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Employers Push Health Plans to integrate Onsite Health Centers With Care Management | www.aishealth.com

Edward Deming famous quote comes to mind as I read this mornings Industry Radar about employers pushing health insurers to either run or integrate with the on-site health centers they are either running or planning. hello Health Insurers--the choice is integrate or die. At what point will many of the...

Florida Legislators Research on PBM Business Model

March 28, 2007

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Legislature Could consider Options to Address PBM Business Practices | www.oppaga.state.fl.us

The attention of state legislators to PBM business practices has implications for investors in the healthcare sector as well as the business models PBMS will use in the future.

The War on Drug Costs

March 28, 2007

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Why Generics Do not Always mean Cheap | online.wsj.com

While the Wall Street Journal has done an admirable job exposing many of the ways PBMS have boosted profits at the expense of their customers they have not yet arrived at the flaws which make the current business models of PBMS susceptible to competition.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Employee Benefits Consulting

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  • Consultant
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  • President
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  • Chief Executive Officer
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  • Business Development Manager

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