Pharmaceuticals

DirectPath has integrated a pricing tool into its platform, allowing workers to better determine the cost of medication.

Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.

The president’s proposal would have prohibited drugmakers from paying rebates to PBMs in government programs such as Medicare.

Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.

Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.

Claims are astronomical. The first thing clients should do is cover prescription drugs under stop-loss insurance.

Claims are astronomical. The first thing employers should do is cover prescription drugs under stop loss insurance.

Initiatives like Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway’s Haven may be key to improving drug transparency, says one PBM CEO.

Initiatives like Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway’s Haven may be key to improving drug transparency, says one PBM CEO.

Under the proposal, safe-harbor protection would be allowed only for rebates on discounts offered directly to patients, and fixed-fee service arrangements between drugmakers and PBMs.