Why A Physician Buying Group?
- Physician buying groups (PBG’s) are offered the best pricing on vaccines in exchange for maintaining loyalty and market share requirements to a manufacturer’s vaccine portfolio.
Primary Care Alliance (PCA) is a physician buying group (PBG). PBG’s are required to manage market share on certain vaccines and maintain loyalty to manufacturers’ vaccine portfolios. In exchange for this, manufacturers offer PBG’s the best pricing on vaccines. This is important because the business of medicine is expensive and vaccines are one of the biggest costs a primary care medical practice has. In addition, the profit margins on vaccines are slim. This makes obtaining the best pricing on vaccines critical to running a successful practice. Let PCA worry about finding the best prices and keeping you up to date on the latest vaccine news so you can focus on providing the best care to your patients.
Program Overview
- PCA members choose which manufacturer’s programs they want to join.
- PCA provides members with up-to-date information on vaccine developments.
- PCA provides members with resources on billing and coding.
PCA has contracts with many different vaccine manufacturers. Each physician office that joins PCA chooses the vaccine manufacturers’ programs in which they want to participate. This can be dependent on which vaccines they are using in their office and which vaccines align with their current vaccination schedule. PCA keeps up to date on the latest vaccine developments and information and shares this with its members. We are always looking for new partnerships with different manufacturers that will benefit our members. PCA also provides resources on billing and coding for vaccines and can assist with cost and profitability analyses.
Member Benefits
- PCA members consistently get the best prices on vaccines.
- PCA members receive the highest rebates available.
- PCA provides members with information on vaccine developments and other important aspects of office management.
There are many benefits to joining PCA. First, you can be assured you are consistently getting the best possible prices on your vaccines. This means you do not have to spend time shopping for the lowest prices every time you need to place an order. Another advantage is that you do not have to keep switching your vaccine schedule around to match the vaccines you were able to get “on sale”. Additionally, PCA keeps you and your office up to date on new vaccines, new indications for current vaccines, current vaccine schedules, CPT coding and reimbursement and so much more. This will give you more time to focus on your patients and building a better practice.
How It Works
- PCA is free!
- PCA members choose which manufacturer’s programs they want to join.
- After receiving signed participation agreements, PCA members’ accounts are linked to PCA’s discounted pricing.
- Members order directly through the manufacturers.
Joining PCA is easy and free! Let us know you are interested in joining by contacting us here or calling us at 801.369.3933. When we hear from you, we can discuss all of PCA’s programs and figure out which ones will work best for your office. We will then send you a participation agreement for each program you elect to join and collect some basic demographic information about your office. Because each manufacturer’s contract is different, each participation agreement is also different and provides information on the contract PCA has signed with that particular manufacturer. Once PCA receives your signed participation agreements, we will notify the manufacturers and have them link your account to PCA’s discounted pricing. This can take anywhere from a couple of days to a few weeks depending on the manufacturer. We will notify you once your account has been linked. As soon as your account has been linked you will receive PCA’s discounted pricing on your vaccines.
