Health Plans Could Offer New ‘Specialty’ Rx Strategies
As more patients begin using costly "specialty" drugs, many employer-based insurance plans could begin to offer new ways to manage the high cost of the medications. One strategy that employers might use is value-based insurance design, which ties employees' costs to the value of medical services, making treatments that are seen as providing important clinical benefits less costly to workers.
- "Rising Cost of 'Specialty' Drugs Prompts Employers To Limit Their Use" (Andrews, Kaiser Health News/Washington Post, 5/7).