Jul 1, 2025 | Cost Savings, Drug costs, GLP-1s, MedBen Rx, Ozempic, Rebates, Rx Costs, Specialty Drugs, Wegovy, Weight loss drugs
The 2025 Milliman Medical Index confirms what many employers are seeing firsthand: prescription drug costs are rising faster than any other health care expense, with a 9.7% increase over the past year. To help employers reclaim their drug spend, MedBen Rx offers a...
Feb 24, 2025 | Benefits preservation, Cost Savings, Drug costs, MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Savings, Specialty Drugs
High-cost specialty drugs can make up more than 60% of a health plan’s pharmacy costs. MedBen Rx’s benefit preservation program is designed to make certain that members have continued access to medications while reducing specialty drug spend to the...
Jan 27, 2025 | Federal Trade Commission (FTC), MedBen Rx, News, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Specialty Drugs, Spread Pricing
Through specialty generic drug markups, three major pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) earned a collective $7.3 billion above estimated acquisition costs over a five-year period, according to an interim report released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)....
Oct 15, 2024 | Benefits preservation, Biosimilars, Cost Savings, Drug costs, High-cost claims, Rx Costs, Specialty Drugs
Specialty drugs continue to drive up pharmacy costs, accounting for over 50% of total drug spend for many self-funded health plans, despite being used by a small percentage of patients. But pharmaceutical and administrative solutions are available to help reduce that...
Apr 1, 2024 | Benefits preservation, Comparative Effectiveness, Cost Savings, Drug costs, MedBen Rx, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Savings, Specialty Drugs, Transparency
Employers are turning away from the “big three” pharmacy benefits managers to other PBMs that offer greater transparency and lower costs, says Wharton professor of health care management Lawton Robert Burns. As one of those alternatives, MedBen Rx is...
Feb 20, 2024 | Alternative Reimbursement Strategies, Announcements, Benchmarks, Benefits preservation, Fair market reimbursement, MedBen University, Pharmacogenomics, Precision medicine, Roundtables, Specialty Drugs, Trend
MedBen University (MBU) is in session, so mark your calendar! As we mentioned in the last e-briefs, MBU launched its 23rd season last month with the Benefits Advisory Conference for brokers… and this Spring, MBU will be conducting two employer roundtables:...