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Robert
Navarro consults to pharmaceutical companies, the managed care industry, and the legal profession on managed prescription
drug benefit reimbursement, health economic outcomes applications, drug contracting, benefit design, and pharmaceutical marketing
issues. He began his consulting practice in 1996.
He
qualified for his B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. He has practiced
acute care, community, long-term care, and managed care pharmacy.He began his managed care career in
1983 with United HealthCare (UHC), where he wrote UHC’s first drug formulary and initiated the first brand drug rebate
contracting program. While at UHC, he was involved in the creation of the PBM Diversified Pharmaceutical Services (DPS). Navarro
also served as pharmacy director of Physicians Health Plan of Minnesota (now Medica). He developed the pharmacy program at
Health Net in California where he was Vice President of Provider Services. Navarro was also Vice President, Pharmacy &
Therapeutics at Express Scripts, Inc.
Robert was a co-founder and first president
of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP). He is editor of the textbook
Managed Care Pharmacy Practice, 2nd Ed (Jones & Bartlett, 2008). He also co-authored the “Prescription
Drug Benefits in Managed Care” chapter in Essentials of Managed Health Care, 5th Ed., as well as
the chapter “Evolution of the management of US health care: managing cost to care management” in the ASHP Handbook
of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, 4th Edition. Navarro is a past editorial board member and current reviewer
for the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. He is the 2009 recipient of the FMCP Steven G. Avey Award for his contributions
to managed care pharmacy practice.
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