Pharmaceutical companies are taking a lot of reflected heat in the uproar over the 5,000% price hike for a drug needed by AIDS patients. But so far, the industry’s method of making sure that ...

Implementing patient cost sharing in the form of copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles is one of the more reliable methods for reducing health care costs. But imposing cost sharing reduces patients ...

In the search to lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, consumers will encounter a number of different coupons, discounts and assistance programs available to them. They don't all work the ...

How technology can maximize use of manufacturer copay and patient assistance programs. Due to changes in insurance benefit design, patients now pay more in deductibles and co-insurances for their ...

Specialty pharmacy workflows must account for longer, more complex affordability calls, with co-pay-shock interactions averaging ~12 minutes and requiring rapid benefit-type stratification.