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Building a different kind of company requires fostering a very different mindset among its leadership. To accomplish this, we at Abarca have developed a 12-week boot camp to train leaders of others in fundamental managerial skills and new thinking about personal development. We also designed the program to reinforce our core values by teaching them […]

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Every year, the Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Puerto Rico acknowledges a group of pharmacists that have excelled in the profession. This year, they have recognized Michelle Morales, Abarca’s Clinical Programs Manager, as a Young Distinguished Pharmacist. “I am honored to receive this award,” said Michelle. “The Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Puerto Rico is a highly […]

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At Abarca, we are constantly pursuing new and better ways to deliver greater value and accountability for plans and members, and we see great opportunities in drug contracting. We’ve already announced innovative agreements with Amgen and Biogen, and are close to announcing additional contracts that will ensure our clients receive the value they expect, and […]

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Value and outcomes-based contracting models are getting a lot of attention these days, and for good reason. Unlike the one-size-fits-all pricing of the past, these approaches tie the ultimate price of a drug to factors such as whether the medication worked as planned, or whether it was cost effective versus the alternatives. Both of these […]

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Abarca is honored to be selected by Caribbean Business as a Power 100 company. We strive to be a PBM that is unlike any other organization, with a smarter technology platform, a better experience to consumers and healthcare payers, and a higher standard of transparency. “I’m thrilled that Abarca was selected as a Power 100 […]

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1 What do you think is broken about the PBM business model, and how is your approach different? At Abarca, we think there is a lot that is broken with the PBM model. For example, many PBMs use outdated technology which hinders innovation and contributes to a poor customer experience. A lack of transparency in […]

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Newtown Square, PA – Abarca, a company that is upending the pharmacy benefit management industry with an entirely new approach to technology and business practices, announced that it had signed an agreement to provide Comprehensive Script Management (CSM) with Darwin, its smarter PBM platform. “We engineered Darwin to be smarter, cloud-based, secure, flexible, and unimaginably […]

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Orlando, FL — Abarca, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that is disrupting the industry with an entirely new approach to technology and business practices, today announced that its CEO Jason Borschow has been recognized with an EY Entrepreneur of the Year® 2018 Award in the Florida region. Jason Borschow founded Abarca Health shortly after graduating […]

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At the 2018 AMCP Annual Conference, there was a lot of discussion about important trends in healthcare. Here are two particularly noteworthy examples: The Rise of Value-Based Agreements There are many individual components that determine the pieces of information that can feed into the value of a drug. However, value-based agreements break down those silos […]

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Last week, members of the Abarca team attended the AMCP Annual Conference in Boston. We connected with existing clients and shared information about how we are shaking up the industry with new friends. We also introduced the world to Darwin–the latest generation of our smarter platform. Didn’t have a chance to stop by our booth? […]

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