Pharmacy benefits

The president will propose a sweeping effort to bring down U.S. drug prices in a plan to make good on a campaign promise.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

Many pharmacy benefit managers promote discounts and drug rebates that may look good on paper, but often provide no transparency of true costs. This can result in employers paying much more than they should.

Many pharmacy benefit managers promote discounts and drug rebates that may look good on paper, but often provide no transparency of true costs. This can result in employers paying much more than they should.

By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.

By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.

Three hundred large hospital systems are teaming up to control rising drug costs. But even their firepower might not be enough.

Despite arguments to the contrary, the combination is unlikely to lower prescription costs for employers or employees.

Addiction recovery costs are skyrocketing for companies, but employee education on drug usage can help stem the tide.

Three hundred large hospital systems are teaming up to control rising drug costs. But even their firepower might not be enough.

Aetna will pass on the discounts it negotiates on prescription drugs to about 3 million of its members, in the latest move to address complaints about the cost of medicine.

Soaring drug prices are hammering smaller employers. Here are three ways benefit brokers can help.

The drug supply chain is being drawn even more taut, and the power of the big players even greater.

White House, states calling for greater price transparency and accountability.

It’s time to be creative. Here’s practical guidance benefit advisers can share with their clients to help them better control medication expenditures.

Due to high prices, some employees cannot afford to pay for their of critical medication.

RA medicine accounted for nearly half of specialty drug spend last year, inducing the pharmacy benefit manager to introduce a personalized savings program that could save employers $500,000 a year.

RA medicine accounted for nearly half of specialty drug spend last year, inducing the pharmacy benefit manager to introduce a personalized savings program that could save employers $500,000 a year.

This deal has strategic and financial benefits for Albertsons and helps the grocer avoid a choppy IPO market, but also gets it deeper into the increasingly tough and competitive pharmacy business.