News and notes from around the interweb:
- How PBM “rebate walls” impact drug spending, patient care and competition. Federal agencies and plan sponsors—the clients of PBMs—are beginning to explore perverse PBM incentives and are waking up to abusive PBM practices.
- Four Prescriptions That Cost More Than $1,000 a Day. Specialty drug prices increasing at more than three times rate of inflation, new AARP report finds.
How Data Aggregation, Sharing Improves Specialty Patient Outcomes. With data supplementation, specialty pharmacies can piece together a complete digital picture of the patient that improves medication adherence and patient outcomes.
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- The Value of a Hub in a Limited Distribution Specialty Pharmacy Network. A hub can play an essential role in coordinating the specialty pharmacy limited distribution network. Although specialty pharmacies may be able to offer some of the services that a hub provider does, a hub can standardize patient and provider support across the network and coordinate referrals to ensure patients end up at their most appropriate destination.
- PBM Settles Two Pharmacy Benefit Probes for $71 Million. The settlements, announced on Thursday in statements from the attorneys general in Illinois and Arkansas, are related to claims the pharmacy benefit management business inflated drug costs. The company has resolved similar disputes with Ohio and Mississippi and has reserved $1.1 billion to cover the claims.
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