Alan Van Amber

RPH, MBA

Senior Pharmacy Management Consultant

Brookfield, WI, US

Main +1 262 784 2250 | Office +1 262 737 8373

Alan Van Amber is a senior pharmacy management consultant with the Mlwaukee office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2023.

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Experience

Alan is a pharmacist with extensive expertise in pharmacy network management and pricing. He has over 40 years of experience in several pharmacy practice arenas and has worked for numerous pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organizations over the last 26 years. During the last 15 years, Alan had worked in senior management positions. He led the pharmacy network management group at a national PBM. Prior to working for PBMs, Alan spent several years at a major pharmacy drug chain and at independent pharmacy locations. Alan’s areas of expertise include retail, mail, and specialty pharmacy network management, PBM pricing, MAC management, provider contract compliance, and pharmacy provider relations. Additionally, Alan provided financial evaluations of pharmacy network pricing in support of clients and prospective clients of PBMs. Alan is experienced in the analysis and interpretation of pharmacy payer contracts and reimbursements. Alan’s work with pharmacy providers has focused on assisting clients in evaluating the economic value of PBM proposals and contracts. He assists clients in developing short- and long-term strategies to improve their economic and market positions. Alan is a strong advocate for price transparency within the pharmacy channels.

Publications and Presentations

Long-term care (LTC) pharmacy overview: Balancing quality care with financial sustainability. Milliman White Paper, October 2023.

Education

BS, Pharmacy, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Twin Cities (1984)
MBA, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (2016)

Affiliations

American Pharmacists Association
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

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Publications

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Reimagining pharmacy channel reimbursement within the supply chain

24 March 2025 - by Alan Van Amber, Michael T. Hunter, Jay Blomquist, AJ Ally, Ryan Cloninger, Stephen Wolff

The emergence of cost-plus reimbursement models in the pharmacy channel presents a promising alternative to better align reimbursement with acquisition costs.

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Impact analysis of a major pharmacy chain’s exit from a Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s Medicare Part D

05 March 2025 - by Alan Van Amber, Stephen Wolff, Jay Blomquist

We review how a major pharmacy chain’s exit from a pharmacy benefit manager’s Medicare Part D disrupted all parties involved.

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Long-Term Care Focus: Q3 2023

17 October 2023 - by Juliet Spector, Annie Gunnlaugsson, Robert Eaton, Mike Bergerson, Jeff Anderson, Matthew Epps, Sophia Fosdick, Alan Van Amber, Brandon Johnson, Bryan Rask, Alyssa Lu

This Long-Term Care (LTC) Focus newsletter showcases some of the projects that Milliman LTC consultants are working on now.

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Long-term care (LTC) pharmacy overview: Balancing quality care with financial sustainability

05 October 2023 - by Alan Van Amber

We examine the relationships between long-term-care (LTC) pharmacies and payers, and the operational level of effort needed to provide services to individuals.

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Read their latest work

Reimagining pharmacy channel reimbursement within the supply chain

Impact analysis of a major pharmacy chain’s exit from a Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s Medicare Part D

Long-Term Care Focus: Q3 2023

Long-term care (LTC) pharmacy overview: Balancing quality care with financial sustainability

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