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How high prescription drug rebates can derail pharmacy benefit plans

HealthPartners

Drug rebates can distort true drug pricing A small but growing number of employers see rebates as a pricing distortion. Do they have programs to ensure prescriptions are not refilled too soon, or medications packaged in excessively large volumes, as sometimes happens with mail-order pharmacies?

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To carve in or carve out? Finding the best pharmacy benefit plan for you

HealthPartners

This integrated approach keeps everything together in one package that is coordinated by your primary medical health plan vendor. For example, members can compare drug prices at pharmacies or find a network provider. Finding the best pharmacy benefit plan for you appeared first on Plan Blog.

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Federal Outlook

Putting Patients First Blog

Appropriations The most pressing deadline facing Congress as they return from August recess is passing a federal spending package. This bill aims to delink the compensation of PBMs from drug prices. Other Blogs: Federal Outlook 08/28/2023 Read More New Video Series: Are You at Higher Risk for COVID-19?

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NHC 2024 Policy Priorities

Putting Patients First Blog

In response, a debt ceiling package was signed without Medicaid work requirements, symbolizing the power of patient advocates’ voices. In submitted comments , the NHC commended CMS for its initiatives to reduce patient burdens, while also emphasizing the importance of continued monitoring and oversight to strengthen the program.

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Antitrust – the independent pharmacist’s role in the fight for open markets, transparency, and strong small businesses

Ramblings of a pharmacist

At the same time, we see our neighbors complain about rising drug prices, and the rising cost of health insurance: Restaurateurs complain a lot about GrubHub and their seller fees, their menu stealing, and their ghost kitchens. I’d like to read a few excerpts from his recent blog posts. We complain about DIR fees.