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Pharma Gains from Rule On Health Insurance Benefits

By Jill Wechsler | Published: November 28, 2012
Recent change likely to boost drug coverage by plans, but with variation in formularies. Health plans offering coverage to individuals and small companies are more likely to cover multiple drugs in each class or category under revised regulations proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services in November. A key change in rules to implement [...]
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Cat Fight on Co-Pay Offsets

By William Looney | Published: March 14, 2012
Suing for the Drug Company Suet Pharm Exec is no fortune teller, but our guest author Mason Tenaglia was positively clairvoyant in his January feature on the tussle between pharmacy benefit managers [PBMs] and brand name drug manufacturers over the use of co-pay and discount cards to limit out-of-pocket costs for patients. As predicted, the [...]
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