@article{1450555,
      recid = {1450555},
      author = {Burns, Lawton R.,},
      title = {The healthcare value chain : demystifying the role of GPOs  and PBMs /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 655 pages) :},
      abstract = {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 the 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,  Co-Director of the Life Sciences and Management Program  (LSMP) at the University of Pennsylvania. From 20072014, he  served as Chair of the Health Care Management Department.  .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1450555},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10739-9},
}