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Physician proponent: Prescription Solutions' Brian Solow, MD, believes that the physician-PBM relationship can be mutually beneficial.

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Brian Solow, MD

Vice president and medical director, Clinical programs

Prescription Solutions

The relationship between physicians and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continues to change. "We've known for a long time that the physician-PBM relationship is a difficult one," says Brian Solow, MD. Dr. Solow is a clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, who joined Prescription Solutions as vice president and medical director for clinical programs earlier this year. "Physicians are independent thinkers, and they sometimes see PBMs as overly intrusive. I try and offer their perspective and make programs more physician-friendly," he says.

During his tenure with Bristol Park Medical Group, a physician-owned primary care group in Irvine, he participated on multiple leadership committees while maintaining a family medicine practice. Over the years, Dr. Solow has gained knowledge of the PBM industry as a member of the national pharmacy and therapeutics committees of various PBMs.

"I reach out to doctors and find out how we can become their partners and not interfere with their practices," Dr. Solow says. "We need them to recognize the true value of the PBM because a lot of physicians...