Employer groups rally behind proposed Trump prescription drug pricing rule
The administration’s proposal would be a boon for employers and employees — and bring actual drug costs into the light.
Pharmacy benefits
Employer groups rally behind proposed Trump prescription drug pricing rule
The administration’s proposal would be a boon for employers and employees — and bring actual drug costs into the light.
Benefits Think Yes, it’s time to kill drug rebates
The Trump administration’s new prescription drug proposal is vital to correct an increasingly dysfunctional market for employer plan sponsors.
Michael Thompson
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Trump administration seeks to curb protections for drug rebates
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.
Walmart to leave CVS pharmacy network, roiling drugstores
Walmart will leave CVS Health’s network that administers drug benefits for millions of Americans, in a dispute over costs that could roil the business of filling prescriptions.
Benefits Think 3 benefits trends for brokers to watch
Big pharma disruption and healthcare challenges and legislation are just a few of the big trends that will shape the benefits industry in 2019.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
What benefits insiders are saying about the CVS-Aetna deal
While it’s still early to tell what the acquisition will mean for healthcare, many experts are skeptical it will drive down costs for employers or employees.
From rising drug prices to mobile clinics, 8 key healthcare trends to watch
Healthcare quality, literacy and employee engagement are key concerns for employers, said experts at the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions' annual forum.
From rising drug prices to mobile clinics, 8 key healthcare trends to watch
Healthcare quality, literacy and employee engagement are key concerns for employers, said experts at the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions' annual forum.
Benefits Think 3 steps to negotiating a better employee benefit annual renewal
Budgeting for benefits can be a difficult task for employers. But these tips can make the task easier than ever.
Matthew Strain
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think 3 steps to negotiating a better employee benefit annual renewal
Budgeting for benefits can be a difficult task for employers. But these tips can make the task easier than ever.
Matthew Strain
Corporate Synergies
UnitedHealth bought pharmacy company Avella to build Optum unit
The Avella acquisition came in the same quarter that UnitedHealth purchased Genoa Healthcare, a behavioral pharmacy chain, for about $2.5 billion.
Benefits Think Orphan drugs represent the worst and best of our healthcare system
The outrageous prices for exclusive medications are crippling our health plans and terrorizing families in pain.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Benefits Think Orphan drugs represent the worst and best of our healthcare system
The outrageous prices for exclusive medications are crippling our health plans and terrorizing families in pain.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Aetna clears path to CVS merger with sale of assets to WellCare
The health insurer said it plans to sell its Medicare prescription drug business in a key step toward completing its $67.5 billion merger.
Benefits Think The days of employers ignoring the opioid crisis are over
Management must realize that their workplace is not spared by the national epidemic of painkiller abuse. Here are steps to reduce their employees’ risk and loss of productivity.
Cory Panning
Findley
Benefits Think The days of employers ignoring the opioid crisis are over
Management must realize that their workplace is not spared by the national epidemic of painkiller abuse. Here are steps to reduce their employees’ risk and loss of productivity.
Cory Panning
Findley
How the best banks to work for get healthcare right
From on-site clinics to 24-hour access to doctors, many of the leading financial institutions provide unique health benefits to employees.
Benefits Think Will the rebate bubble burst?
A system without rebates would require significant fundamental change to the foundational economics of the drug ecosystem.
Scott Vogel
Confidio
Before beating PBMs, Amazon will have to join them first: Pharmacy CEO
A partnership strategy would make sense out of the gate for the online retailer, says UpWell Health CEO Alison Wistner.
