Public Policy
What Can Help Lower Drug Costs?
Our perspective offered to Congress on solutions and policies that can help bring escalating drug prices under control. More
Commentary
“Trend Management”
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Cost Management
Epidiolex, the latest cannabis-based drug to be approved by the FDA to treat certain seizure disorders, is a highly potent form of cannabidiol. Given the narrow indication and... More
Feature
Cost Management
New CMS rule enables Medicare Part B Payors to use step therapy to direct patients to lower-cost, clinically appropriate medications first, giving them an opportunity to implement... More
Briefing
Cost Management
CVS Caremark’s QALY-based program aims to bring rationality to drug pricing using comparative effectiveness research and cost-effectiveness analysis, and get manufacturers to set... More
Commentary
Cost Management
CVS Health is proposing innovations that build on existing PBM techniques to help patients afford the medications they need and improving outcomes while lowering high drug maker... More
White Paper
Specialty
CVS Health’s three-tier specialty formulary design separates the increasingly more expensive specialty therapies into three distinct copay or coinsurance categories. Paired with... More
Briefing
Cost Management
Managed formulary strategies helped CVS Health clients contain drug price growth, lower trend and improve adherence in 2017. More
Video
Specialty
While the launch time is uncertain, potential PAH generics could give payors greater cost control opportunities for a complex, expensive condition requiring lifelong treatment. More
Briefing
Cost Management
We want clients and members to get the most out of their benefit and the cost of a drug is aligned with the value it delivers. Despite AWP inflation near 10%, we kept drug price... More
Feature
Care Management
Earning third-party accreditations is part of our commitment to meeting strict quality standards, and focus on ongoing improvement to helping improve patient safety and improved... More
Briefing