Surescripts Launches Prescription Price Transparency Tool With GoodRx
Surescripts and GoodRx launched Script Corner, a tool that gives patients upfront visibility into prescription prices and savings options.
The Path to Fair PBM Competition
When control over prescription drug access rests with only a few players, the result is not just market imbalance — it is higher plan costs, increased financial pressures, and ultimately reduced affordability for patients.
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MedCity News Pivot Podcast: How Emergency Departments Are Using Real-Time Data to Improve Outcomes
How can AI benefit and improve patient outcome in the emergency department? Watch the latest episode to find out.
It’s Time to Actively Manage Medications at the Individual Level
Any successful response to skyrocketing drug costs has to also actively manage medications at the individual level — just because someone can be on a medication doesn’t mean they should be.
Quantum Health Launches New Pharmacy Navigation Solution for Employers
Quantum Health launched its Premier Pharmacy navigation solution on Tuesday. The solution helps members find safe and effective therapeutic alternatives to expensive medications.
GoodRx, MedImpact Launch Medication Savings Solution
MedImpact and GoodRx are teaming up to lower costs for MedImpact members. When eligible MedImpact members refill a generic prescription, the companies' savings solution will compare the member's benefit to GoodRx's price and will automatically apply the lowest one.
CVS Caremark, GoodRx Launch Program To Lower Drug Costs
CVS Caremark and GoodRx created a new program called Caremark Cost Saver, which will become available starting January 1, 2024. Through the program, eligible CVS Caremark commercially insured members will have access to GoodRx’s prescription pricing on generic medications.
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Esperion Sets Its Sights on New Areas While Maintaining Commitment to Cardiovascular Health
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
Hospitals and Health Systems Realize Growth Advantage of a Specialty Pharmacy Partnership
Implementing a specialty pharmacy strategy and approach for growth not only creates a revenue stream for the system, but also establishes a high-touch patient engagement program that becomes a differentiator in the way service is delivered for their community.
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Develops Playbook for Managing Drug Costs
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions released a playbook on Monday that outlines the key concerns employers have about pharmacy benefit management, and provides several recommendations for employers.
Bipartisan Legislation Efforts Build Against PBMs
A bipartisan group of House representatives introduced the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act on Friday. The bill would ban spread pricing in Medicaid programs.
CMS Administrator: Telehealth Flexibilities Greatly Expanded Access, But Up To Congress To Extend
During an interview at the AHIP Medicare, Medicaid, Duals and Commercial Markets Forum held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure discussed CMS' key focus areas for 2023. This includes the end of the public health emergency, health equity and prescription drug costs.
The Power of One: Redefining Healthcare with an AI-Driven Unified Platform
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
HHS Aims To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs Through 3 New Models
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced three models Tuesday that will be tested by the CMS Innovation Center and aim to lower prescription drug costs. The models, which include access to $2 generic drugs, build on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
In midterm speeches, President Biden focuses on Rx drug costs to cut inflation
President Biden continues to center his pre-midterm speeches around the issue of prescription drug costs, with two recent West Coast talks highlighting how Democrats will continue to work to lower costs for seniors. At a community center in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, three weeks ahead of the midterms, the President described an executive order he’d […]