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May 18, 2012 Today’s issue is brought to you by Drug Benefit News, biweekly news, proven cost management strategies and unique data for health plans, PBMs, pharma companies and employers. |
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| Today's Featured Story | ||
As Generics Wave Continues, Plans Seek Tools to Track and Manage Copay Card Use Managed care organizations are increasingly being put in a position of subsidizing consumer copay coupons as pharmaceutical manufacturers attempt to maintain market share of brand-name drugs. And while coupons may be considered beneficial by certain stakeholders outside the pharma industry, there are ways plans can curtail their use without negatively impacting the patient-clinician relationship, suggested two pharmacy benefit experts .... Read Full Story |
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| From the AIS Blogs | ||
‘Say It Ain’t So’: Has Politics Crept Into the MLR Rebate Rule? Washington pundits like to call the presidential campaign season the “silly season,” referring to the fact every move made by a candidate, or, in this case, a candidate’s administration, comes under intense scrutiny for how it reflects on a bid to obtain or keep the keys to the White House ... Read more |
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| Quote of the Day | ||
“Providing benefits, especially health care coverage, is a long-term [human resources] strategic objective. You don’t just turn them off overnight.” — Chantel Sheaks, principal of government affairs in Buck Consultants’ Washington, D.C., office, speaking to AIS’s Health Plan Week about whether large employers intend to continue health coverage in 2014. Click here to read the HEALTH PLAN WEEK article in which this quote appeared. (Free for HPW subscribers; $17 for non-subscribers). |
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Today's Datapoint |
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26% ... of all Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2010, with 31% of seniors with incomes between $10,001 and $20,000 and 29% of those with incomes from $20,001 to $30,000 in MA, according to a new report from AHIP. |
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| Today from Washington | ||
| People on the Move | ||
SCAN Health Plan named Deanna Weatherly vice president of sales operations. Weatherly was corporate director of Medicare marketing for Molina Healthcare....BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. appointed Dan Spiegelman executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). He will replace longtime CFO Jeffrey Cooper at the end of the month. Spiegelman was a consultant who provided strategic financial management support to a portfolio of public and private life science companies. |
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| Today's Featured Health Business Job Opening | ||
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