Pharmacy benefits

Just four years after exiting the pharmacy benefit management business, Walgreens is getting back into it with the acquisition of pharmacy retail chain Rite-Aid.

Commentary: Pharma will feel the pain of regulation sooner than they expected, adviser Craig Hasday predicts.

Commentary: Many employers don't know what their PBMs are doing today to actually manage their specialty drug programs, says Lockton's Sarah Martin. It's up to advisers to shine a light on PBM practices.

The tire and wheel retailer implements a telehealth option for employees, providing online access to care for minor ailments.

Is the U.S. health care system overrated and overpriced?

Insurers are projecting significant jumps in pharmacy expenses this year, driven primarily by specialty drugs.

Satisfaction with supermarket and chain drug store pharmacies has increased slightly, while satisfaction with mail-order pharmacies has decreased.

With the cost of pharmaceuticals consuming an ever-increasing proportion of health benefit expenditures, many employers are responding by adding pricing tiers to their drug plan designs.

Commentary: Who would argue that spending $10,000 is worth the trade-off of cardiac surgery? Or $90,000 for drugs which might avoid a costly liver failure incident? A lot of employers, that’s who.

Commentary: Disruption is the word of the day in the evolving health insurance industry.