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b'Hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters welcome John Watkins, PharmD, MPH, BCPS who managed the formulary process at Premera Blue Cross from 2000-2019. His responsibilities included health technology assessment, formulary process development, formulary reviews, and medical policy review and providing drug information support to medical and case management staff. He is currently Director of Premera\\u2019s PGY1 Managed Care Pharmacy Residency program and Student Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Coordinator. Along with these responsibilities, he manages the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. John is Affiliate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington. His areas of interest include health policy, health technology assessment and application of evidence-based medicine, personalized medicine, economics and bioethics to formulary and coverage decision making processes. We discuss trends in pharmacy benefit management (PBM) and the role of academic training in crafting pharmacists more actively engaged in the patient care team. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to \\u201c\\u2026.Play Healthcare NOW Radio\\u201d. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen'