STAT
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel announced it will consider more policies to regulate pharmacy middlemen and ensure patients aren’t paying more than insurers do for medications. The package crafted by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) The package crafted by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
STAT
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
WASHINGTON — A prominent Senate panel on Wednesday passed a new package of health policy reforms that would rein in certain pharmacy middlemen practices and ensure Medicare patients aren’t paying more than insurers do for medications. The package passed the committee 26-0 with no amendments added.
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STAT
APRIL 23, 2024
The odds were stacked against the middlemen between drugmakers and health insurers during this round of negotiations. The House overwhelmingly passed a package largely promoting greater transparency. Two committees in the Senate passed significant reforms to how PBMs operate in Medicaid, Medicare, and the commercial insurance market.
The Checkup by Singlecare
JULY 17, 2024
It contains the same type and concentration of insulin as Toujeo Solostar (insulin glargine) but is packaged in a larger quantity. Without insurance, Toujeo Max Solostar costs $781 for 2, 3 ml pens , but there are many ways to fill your prescription at a lower cost. Is Toujeo Max Solostar covered by insurance?
STAT
JUNE 4, 2024
Before she bought the electrical stimulation unit, Zynex assured her the supplies would be covered by Tufts Health Plan, her insurance company. But a year ago, Zynex informed her that the Tufts plan had never paid, and instead, those bubble-wrapped packages were going to cost her almost $1,000.
STAT
MAY 16, 2023
Simply put, a drug company combines two or more medicines in a package deal for health plans and pharmacy benefit managers, which determine lists of medicines that are covered by insurance. billion deal would make it possible for Amgen to develop monopolies through a tactic that manipulates health coverage and drives up consumer costs.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Until August, Folx operated under a membership model in a lump sum subscription package. It has since been updated to accept insurance as a part of the core membership structure. Folx Health, a virtual provider focused on LGBTQ+ health, is now in-network with Cigna, Evernorth and Blue Shield of California.
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