Episode 20 - DAW 9 and Other PBM Games with Michael Shannon of Lily's Pharmacy

On this episode, I sit down with Michael Shannon, co-owner of Lily's Pharmacy in John's Creek, Georgia. We discuss some of the games PBMs play in covering medications, including the always confusing DAW 9, which means the insurance prefers a more expensive brand name medication. Michael and I unpack a lot here over short period of the many behind the scene challenges that occur everyday a pharmacies around the US.