6 ways to mitigate specialty drug costs
Strategic Benefit Advisors prescribes strategies to manage the single largest driver of rising healthcare cost trend.
Pharmacy benefit management
6 ways to mitigate specialty drug costs
Strategic Benefit Advisors prescribes strategies to manage the single largest driver of rising healthcare cost trend.
International drugs cut prescription expenses for self-insured employers
Pharmacies in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and more can supply Rx medicine for less than half of U.S. prices.
International drugs cut prescription expenses for self-insured employers
Pharmacies in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and more can supply Rx medicine for less than half of U.S. prices.
A Humana deal would escalate the insurance arms race
Everybody is playing diversification catch-up to UnitedHealth, which has spent billions on everything from a PBM to ambulatory surgery clinics.
Amazon hasn’t figured out drugstores yet. But it will have to
Jeff Bezos has eyed the pharmacy business for years without plunging in. The upside may be too big to ignore.
Benefits Think 2018 predictions: Insurance mergers, healthcare consolidation and new pharmacy rules
The new year will see a continuation of the trends from 2017 that have affected employers — but with a sharp focus on insurance company acquisitions and opioid regulations.
Benefits Think How to improve pharmacy benefit management
Marrying price transparency with strong clinical programs can ensure proper administration of medication based on an individual’s needs.
Michael A. Perry
BeneCard PBF
CVS’s PBM shined ahead of Aetna deal talk
In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.
CVS’s PBM shined ahead of Aetna deal talk
In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.
Is UnitedHealth-Optum a role model for CVS?
Move adds to drug chain’s string of deals in pharma, health and analytics.
Anthem moves to sever ties with Express Scripts
Insurer opts instead to build its own such business in collaboration with CVS Health as it looks to contain its spiraling drug costs.
Saving dollars and reducing errors with a comprehensive healthcare claims audit
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Employers embracing health cost reduction measures
With an anticipated 5% increase in benefits costs, companies are looking to revamp strategies and encourage programs that empower workers to be savvy healthcare consumers.
Employers embracing health cost reduction measures
With an anticipated 5% increase in benefits costs, companies are looking to revamp strategies and encourage programs that empower workers to be savvy healthcare consumers.
Benefits Think 3 ways PBMs can take a more holistic view of member health
Expanding clinical consultations, utilizing available data and studying drug effectiveness are top avenues to plan improvement.
Michael A. Perry
BeneCard PBF
PBM’s specialty Rx costs soar despite lower trend
CVS Caremark reports specialty drugs consuming nearly 36% of overall gross spend on prescriptions.
PBM’s specialty Rx costs soar despite lower trend
CVS Caremark reports specialty drugs consuming nearly 36% of overall gross spend on prescriptions.
Benefits Think 3 ways PBMs can take a more holistic view of member health
Expanding clinical consultations, utilizing available data and studying drug effectiveness are top avenues to plan improvement.
Michael A. Perry
BeneCard PBF
Express Scripts plunges after losing top client in legal dispute
Health insurer Anthem will drop the pharmacy benefit manager after accusing it of overcharging by billions of dollars a year.
