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Increasing drug copayments deter compliance Raising copayments in tiered prescription drug plans increases the likelihood that patients will stop taking prescribed medications, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.   |
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November 2004 |
Tiered Formularies Open the Potential for Lack of Access to Needed Drugs Tiered formularies that have additional incentives for preferred medications could create the potential for therapeutic compromises. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
CDHPs Aren't Catching On Despite the extensive attention paid to consumer-directed health plans, a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that these types of plan arrangements have made only small inroads in the employer market. |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Employer-based coverage up in strong economy Health insurance premiums rose 8.3 percent over the past year for all types of coverage, according to an annual survey of employers... |
Managed Care
November 2002
Frank Diamond |
Companies Leaning on Workers in Battle Against Pharmacy Costs A new urgency means that tiered formularies and higher copayments will become even more widespread, a recent survey indicates. |
Managed Care
September 2000
John A. Marcille |
Kaiser, Aetna Keep Eyes On Health Care Consumer Sometimes breaking old ground can be just as satisfying as breaking new. What these two plans are looking at, experts believe, is a health care system moving toward defined contributions... |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
HMO, Medicaid formularies exhibit surprisingly small differences When you compare HMO and Medicaid formularies for coverage in major therapeutic areas, you find that the differences are relatively small, with Medicaid plans being somewhat less stringent. |
Managed Care
August 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Bad Tiered Formulary Designs Yield Poor Outcomes, High Cost Now that tiered formularies rule the land, what many suspected is being demonstrated: Compliance is suffering and so, too, are patients. |
Managed Care
February 2002
Bob Carlson |
Proposal To Regulate Formularies Draws Sharp Difference of Opinion The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has spent two years developing a model. Drug companies like it; health plans don't... |
Managed Care
March 2007
Louis W. Hutchison |
Unable to Carry Cost Burden, Payers Seek Other Remedies The pharmacy benefit landscape of today is all but unrecognizable from its predecessor of just a decade ago. Blending an approach that uses education, reward, and penalty can rein in runaway health care costs |
Managed Care
August 2007 |
E-mailing Doctors Desirable for Those with Comorbidities Patients who have multiple comorbidities and who take multiple medications may benefit most from a secure e-mail messaging system, according to a study. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2014
Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
Managed Care
June 2005
Martin Sipkoff |
MMA Formulary Design Requires Health Plans To Control Costs Despite a mandate to adopt utilization management programs and make patients share costs, health plans are still lining up to participate in Medicare Part D. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Health Care Remains a Major Concern Health care ranks fourth on a list of problems that the public thinks the government should tackle, according to a report. |
Managed Care
November 2002 |
Flu season: Most HMO formularies cover Tamiflu, Relenza As the influenza season approaches, managed care patient access to Tamiflu (oseltamivir) from Roche Laboratories and Relenza (zanamivir) from GlaxoSmithKline, the two medications indicated for influenza, looks relatively open. |
InternetNews
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Is Verizon Next to Adopt Tiered Data Plans? Verizon may follow AT&T's lead in shifting from a one-size-fits-all data plan to multiple price plans for various levels of data consumption. |
Managed Care
September 2000
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'New' Aetna and Kaiser Face Future The biggest for-profit and not-for-profit MCOs have been through rough times recently. How have their corporate cultures changed? |
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Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies |
AskMen.com
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Tiered Investing Keep your emotions at bay with tiered investing; let the numbers do the talking. |
