Pharmacy
American Medical Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine are preparing to pilot test a model that pays for care including medications combined with psychosocial support.
Company releases new report about costs of medications on the heels of a lawsuit coming to light in which its prescription benefit management subsidiary Caremark is accused of keeping prescription spread pricing profits.
In commercial contracts Caremark kept the spread between the price it negotiated with the pharmacies and what it charged its PBM customers, lawsuit claims.
Plaintiffs are three John Does associated with the Ohio HIV Drug Assistance Program.
Greater transparency is needed in the pharmaceutical supply chain in response to the nearly 25 percent increase in drug prices between 2012 and 2016, insurer says.
What hospitals know about Amazon plans is just a taste of what the future will bring, consultants predict.
An electronic prescription drug monitoring program network would track controlled substance prescriptions in a state.
The resulting research will be used to improve state and local health departments' ability to implement and improve interventions.
Group will face higher-than-average costs, uncertainty related to supplier competition and evolving technology, key manufacturing decisions.
Numerous insurers see drug and administrative savings in joining forces with PBMs; Last week, Cigna announced plans to buy Express Scripts.