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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />"Participating Pharmacy" means any licensed retail pharmacy with which ESI or one or more of its affiliates <br />has executed an agreement to provide Covered Drugs to Members but shall not include any mail order or <br />specialty pharmacy affiliated with any such Participating Pharmacy. Participating Pharmacies are independent <br />contractors of ESI. <br />"PDL" means the PBM Performance Drug List, which is a list of preferred pharmaceutical products, created <br />and maintained by PBM, as amended from time to time, which: (a) has been approved by PBM's pharmacy <br />and therapeutics committee; and (b) reflects PBM's recommendations as to which pharmaceutical products <br />should be given favorable consideration by plans and their participants. <br />"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, <br />unincorporated organization, government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other juridical person <br />recognized by law. <br />"Personal Data' means all data identifying, or identifiable to, a specific Member, including Protected Health <br />Information. <br />"Plan" means the self-funded prescription drug benefit plan(s) administered and/or sponsored by Client. <br />"Plan Administrator" means the Plan sponsor or committee designated by the Plan sponsor with respect to the <br />Plan, as contemplated by Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA. <br />"Plan Design" means drug coverage, days' supply limitation, Cost Share, Formulary (including Formulary <br />drug selection and relative cost indication) and other Plan specifications applicable to the Plan designated for <br />Client as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise documented between the Parties. <br />"PMPM" means per Member per month fee, if applicable, as determined by Administrator from the Eligibility <br />Files. <br />"Prescription Dru Cg laim" or "Claim" means a Member Submitted Claim, Subrogation Claim or claim for <br />payment submitted to ESI by a Participating Pharmacy, ESI Mail Pharmacy, or ESI Specialty Pharmacy as a <br />result of dispensing Covered Drugs to a Member. <br />"Primary Member" means each Member, excluding Members who are qualified dependents. <br />"Protected Health Information" or "PHI" shall have the meaning given such term by HIPAA, but limited to <br />that information created or received by PBM in its capacity as a subcontractor to Administrator or by <br />Administrator in its capacity as a business associate to the Plan. <br />"Raw Data" means all data (including all Personal Data) related to a Member created, collected, and/or <br />maintained by or on behalf of Client, as such data exists immediately before it is disclosed to Administrator <br />to perform the Services. <br />"Rebates" mean formulary rebates that are paid to ESI pursuant to the terms of a formulary rebate contract <br />negotiated independently by ESI and directly attributable to the utilization of certain Covered Drugs by <br />Members. For sake of clarity, Rebates also include inflation protection payments (applies only to specialty <br />carve out). For sake of clarity, Rebates do not include, for example, Manufacturer Administrative Fees; <br />product discounts or fees related to the procurement of prescription drug inventories by ESI Specialty <br />Pharmacy or the ESI Mail Pharmacy; inflation protection amounts (does not apply to specialty carve out); fees <br />received by ESI from pharmaceutical manufacturers for care management or other services provided in <br />connection with the dispensing of products; or other fee-for-service arrangements whereby pharmaceutical <br />manufacturers generally report the fees paid to ESI or its wholly-owned subsidiaries for services rendered as <br />"bona fide service fees" pursuant to federal laws and regulations (collectively, "Other Pharma Revenue"). <br />Such laws and regulations, as well as ESI's contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers, generally prohibit <br />NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY <br />AND CONSTITUTES TRADE SECRETS OF ESI AND RXBENEFITS <br />