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๐Ÿ’Š 340๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ Yikes! Only 3% to 5% of branded 340B prescriptions at retail and mail-order contract pharmacies were filled using a 340B drug discount card. Thatโ€™s

๐Ÿ’Š 340๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

Yikes! Only 3% to 5% of branded 340B prescriptions at retail and mail-order contract pharmacies were filled using a 340B drug discount card. Thatโ€™s
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Payer-operated practices are gaining in U.S. primary care. Vertically integrated insurers now account for 4.2% of total primary care in 2023, up from 0.8% in 2016. ๐Ÿ‘‡In 3 large counties, Optum alone controls 35%โ€“45% of primary care. ๐Ÿ‘‰ drugch.nl/4eDPs4s

Payer-operated practices are gaining in U.S. primary care. Vertically integrated insurers now account for 4.2% of total primary care in 2023, up from 0.8% in 2016. ๐Ÿ‘‡In 3 large counties, Optum alone controls 35%โ€“45% of primary care. 

๐Ÿ‘‰ drugch.nl/4eDPs4s
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A troubling trend: Large insurers are denying a greater share of prescription drug claims. The usual suspects: Cigna Healthcare , Aetna , UnitedHealthcare , Elevance Health , Humana Caveats: Limited visibility into methodology or the reasons for denial. Source: Komodo Health The New York Times

A troubling trend: Large insurers are denying a greater share of prescription drug claims.

The usual suspects: <a href="/Cigna/">Cigna Healthcare</a> , <a href="/Aetna/">Aetna</a> , <a href="/UHC/">UnitedHealthcare</a> , <a href="/ElevanceHealth/">Elevance Health</a> , <a href="/Humana/">Humana</a> 

Caveats: Limited visibility into methodology or the reasons for denial.

Source: <a href="/KomodoHealth/">Komodo Health</a>  <a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a>
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐-๐€๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ? Ever since the IRA was passed, we've been pointing out the ever-growing unintended consequences of this hastily-passed law. One of the most significant

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐-๐€๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ?

Ever since the IRA was passed, we've been pointing out the ever-growing unintended consequences of this hastily-passed law.

One of the most significant
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ New data from IQVIA paints a troubling picture: โžก๏ธ After one year, 18% to 42% of new Medicare Part D patients still hadnโ€™t gained approval for their originally

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

New data from IQVIA paints a troubling picture:
โžก๏ธ After one year, 18% to 42% of new Medicare Part D patients still hadnโ€™t gained approval for their originally
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New J&J Innovative Medicine $JNJ report offers unprecedented transparency into #drug pricing & #GrossToNetBubble: - $47.8 B in rebates, discounts & fees for 2024 (+11.7% vs. 2023) - $14.7 B to comm'l payers & #PBMs (+9.7%) - $7.4 B to #340B providers (+23.3% !) ==> drugch.nl/4kRJVZJ

New <a href="/JNJInnovMed/">J&J Innovative Medicine</a> $JNJ report offers unprecedented transparency into #drug pricing &amp; #GrossToNetBubble:
- $47.8 B in rebates, discounts &amp; fees for 2024 (+11.7% vs. 2023) 
- $14.7 B to comm'l payers &amp; #PBMs (+9.7%)
- $7.4 B to #340B providers (+23.3% !)

==&gt; drugch.nl/4kRJVZJ
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๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐๐Œ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ 77% of employers consider managing the cost of GLP-1 medications โ€œextremely/very importantโ€โ€”making it the top pharmacy benefit

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐๐Œ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

77% of employers consider managing the cost of GLP-1 medications โ€œextremely/very importantโ€โ€”making it the top pharmacy benefit
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๐Ÿšจ ๐๐๐Œ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง 2025 The three largest PBMs are excluding more medications than ever before: ๐Ÿ”น 842 single-source brand-name drugs (with no generic or biosimilar alternatives) ๐Ÿ”น 611 unique generics ๐Ÿ”น 37 unique biosimilars

๐Ÿšจ ๐๐๐Œ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง 2025

The three largest PBMs are excluding more medications than ever before:
๐Ÿ”น 842 single-source brand-name drugs (with no generic or biosimilar alternatives)
๐Ÿ”น 611 unique generics
๐Ÿ”น 37 unique biosimilars
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From CareMetx Team: ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ Download: "Rethinking Annual Reverification: A Strategic, Multi-Layered Approach to Protecting Patient Access":

From <a href="/CareMetx/">CareMetx Team</a>: ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

Download: "Rethinking Annual Reverification: A Strategic, Multi-Layered Approach to Protecting Patient Access":
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If you think UnitedHealth Group $UNH has become a bloated, unmanageable company that's more interested in profit mining than patient care, then you'll enjoy this takedown from The American Prospect. ๐Ÿ‘‰ drugch.nl/3ILnOHa

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Medicare Part D spending on dermatology prescriptions: Innovation > Price Hikes โ€ข Specialty meds = 3% of Rx / 81% of gross (pre-rebate) spending โ€ข Spending growth due to new therapies, not rising prices โ€ข Market share diversifying ๐Ÿ‘‡ JAMA Dermatology drugch.nl/3U7GLWZ

Medicare Part D spending on dermatology prescriptions: Innovation &gt; Price Hikes

โ€ข Specialty meds = 3% of Rx / 81% of gross (pre-rebate) spending
โ€ข Spending growth due to new therapies, not rising prices
โ€ข Market share diversifying ๐Ÿ‘‡

<a href="/JAMADerm/">JAMA Dermatology</a> drugch.nl/3U7GLWZ
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๐Ÿšจ Check the sky โ€” pigs might be flying! ๐Ÿšจ I find myself agreeing (at least in part) with Benjamin Rome Ben Rome and colleagues in their recent JAMA editorial: โ€œAlthough the US spends more per capita than peer countries on prescription drugs, it does not necessarily spend more

๐Ÿšจ Check the sky โ€” pigs might be flying! ๐Ÿšจ

I find myself agreeing (at least in part) with Benjamin Rome <a href="/bnrome/">Ben Rome</a> and colleagues in their recent JAMA editorial:

โ€œAlthough the US spends more per capita than peer countries on prescription drugs, it does not necessarily spend more
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โ˜€๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ: ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ 2025 ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฉ Letโ€™s cut through the steamy summer haze with a refreshing breeze of healthcare insightsโ€”perfect poolside reading. ๐Ÿฉบ 340B Discounts Still Not Reaching Needy Patients ๐Ÿ’Š Why do patients switch from