During a yearslong examination of drug prices, there’s been no shortage of criticism for growing list prices, and in recent months, some companies have heard the talk and lowered their prices. Now, ...

1. FTC Secures Landmark Settlement with Express Scripts to Lower Drug Costs for American Patients. United States Federal ...

With appreciation for feedback from Mark Fendrick, Director of the Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) Center at the ...

Covered drugs are arranged by cost in tiers or levels. Generics are in the lowest tiers and are generally the lowest cost. Coverage and drug lists vary from plan to plan. Plans can change covered ...

Objective: To investigate the extent to which preferred drug lists and tiered formularies reflect evidence of value, as measured in published cost-utility analyses (CUAs). Methods: Using 1998-2001 ...

(Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co on Tuesday announced a new drug reimbursement list with lower U.S. prices for brand-name medications, as a way to encourage drugmakers to move away from paying ...

An Assembly bill that prevents health plans from removing a prescription drug from their formulary, or add new restrictions during a contract year, advanced to the next step Thursday. Opponents ...

Medicare Part D is available to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part A or Part B. It works similarly to standard insurance ...

The hospital formulary system is an ongoing process that evaluates and selects the safest, most effective, and most economical care for hospitalized patients. As healthcare continues to change, so ...

The owners of an independent pharmacy have called the roll out of the Bermuda Health Council’s new formulary a disaster and have questioned the fairness of the process. After struggling to get their ...

Although most factors in our univariate and multivariate analyses had similar directions (e.g., a positive association was found between HMO affiliation and providers' knowledge of formularies), the ...