Setting the record straight on international reference pricing
By Kevin Haninger | July 16, 2019
There’s been a lot of talk in Washington about how to help patients better access and afford their medicines. These are important discussions that will hopefully result in real affordability...
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New Let’s Talk About Cost TV ad asks: Why aren’t patients sharing in savings at the pharmacy counter?
By Priscilla VanderVeer | July 9, 2019
For the last two years, our Let’s Talk About Cost campaign has sought to answer questions people have about their medicine costs and advance a dialogue on how we can make medicines more affordable...
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Study finds hospitals continue to mark up medicines up to 500% of their cost
By Holly Campbell | July 9, 2019
A new analysis from the Moran Company found hospitals continue to charge, on average, five times their cost for medicines, driving up cost sharing and premiums for patients across the country....
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Three reasons why the latest Rx Savings Solutions analysis is misleading
By Holly Campbell | July 2, 2019
Yesterday, multiple news outlets featured data from Rx Savings Solutions on medicine price trends. These data reflect list price increases, ignoring the significant rebates and discounts on...
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"If Washington isn’t careful, we might leave innovation behind"
By Robert Zirkelbach | June 24, 2019
“Trying to make medications more affordable is important, but if Washington isn’t careful, we might leave innovation behind.” This is the message we heard from Amy, a Voters for Cures advocate...
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Ask About Adherence: OIG proposed rule to reform the rebate system could improve adherence
By Guest Contributor | May 15, 2019
Ask About Adherence is a blog series featuring Q&A’s with experts and new medication adherence resources. In this post, we are pleased to share a blog post from Leah L. Zullig, PhD.
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New study finds hospitals continue to push patients to costlier outpatient settings
By Holly Campbell | May 13, 2019
A new study from the Health Care Cost Institute found that, for commercially insured patients, almost 50 percent of medicines administered by physicians, including treatments for diseases like...
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Today, IQVIA released its Medicine Use and Spending in the U.S. – A Review of 2018 and Outlook to 2023 report – highlighting the drivers behind medicine price and spending trends, patient...
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Meet MAT: 5 things to know about PhRMA’s new “Medicine Assistance Tool”
By Holly Campbell | May 9, 2019
Reinforcing our industry’s commitment to providing patients with more transparency about medicine costs, yesterday, our member companies announced the launch of the Medicine Assistance Tool, or MAT
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The PBM story you haven’t heard: Hidden fees quadrupled in two years
By Robert Zirkelbach | March 20, 2019
In the ongoing conversation around the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the supply chain, a new report further illuminates incentives that tie PBM revenue to higher list prices for...
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