Tag Archives: medical benefit

CarelonRx Launches SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator

CarelonRx announced the launch of SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator, a comprehensive approach to specialty medication savings across pharmacy and medical benefits

Rise of Drug Prices Increases Scrutiny on PBMs

The increase in drug prices has increased the attention on PBMs, and the role they play in drug pricing, both at the federal and state levels

Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans Form New Medication Contracting Organization

BlueCross Blue Shield Plans: Access Market Intelligence

Synergie Medication Collective (Synergie) is a new medication contracting organization founded by a group of Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliated companies to serve both Blues and select independent health plans

Optum Specialty Fusion™ Launched To Streamline Care and Lower Costs

Optum Specialty Fusion™ was launched to streamline treatment decision-making for care providers, helping patients get on their therapies faster

Large Insurers Implementing White Bagging Policies

Large insurers are implementing policies requiring health care providers to get provider-administered therapies from specialty pharmacies

Lundbeck’s Vyepti Distributed by Only Two Specialty Pharmacies

Lundbeck has named AllianceRx and Orsini as the only two specialty pharmacies to distribute Vyepti

Insurers Using Site of Care Optimization to Reduce Specialty Drug Costs

Manufacturers are increasingly being affected by the commercial insurance market’s shift of medical coverage policies to lower-cost alternate sites

Will Diplomat Pharmacy Survive?

Diplomat found that competing successfully with large specialty pharmacies owned by Cigna/ESI, CVS Health/Caremark and UnitedHealth/OptumRx has been more difficult than projected