The following statements are about the inclusion of unified pharmacy benefits in health plan healthcare...

When pharmacy benefits management is incorporated into an health plan’s operations as a unified benefit, the health plan establishes pharmacy networks, but a pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company manages their operations.

Under a unified pharmacy benefit, an health plan cannot use mail-order services to provide drugs to its members.

Compared to programs that do not manage pharmacy benefits in-house, unified pharmacy benefits programs typically give health plans more control over patient access to prescription drugs.

Compared to programs that do not manage pharmacy benefits in-house, unified pharmacy benefits programs make drug therapy interventions for plan members more difficult.