PBM

See also: pbm

English

Noun

PBM (plural PBMs)

1. Initialism of pharmacy benefit manager.
   • 2024 December 11, Andrew Stanton, “Senators Turn Screws on Health Care Industry as CEO Shooting Fuels Scrutiny”, in Newsweek‎:

     Most large PBMs operate their own mail-order and specialty pharmacies, but CVS is the only major PBM that owns its own retail pharmacy, according to the Brookings Institution.

2. (file format) Initialism of portable bitmap.

Adjective

PBM (not comparable)

1. (games, communication) Initialism of play-by-mail.

Derived terms

• PBMer

Related terms

• (play-by-mail): PBeM, PBEM

Anagrams

• BMP, BPM, PMB, bpm