Doctors, for the most part, aren't aware they can bypass insurersto access drugs or are reliant on the process withinsurance and don't separate generic drugs out from other goods andservices. (Photo: Shutterstock)
What if doctors could not only prescribe drugs to theirpatients but also dispense them–no writing a prescription andsending it off the pharmacy? Not only would it be moreconvenient, it could be cheaper—a lot cheaper.
That's the premise of a proposal put before the Senate healthcommittee this week. Dr. Josh Umbehr, cofounder ofKansas-based Atlas MD, one such company providing genericsdirectly to patients says it's much cheaper than alternatives. Infact, Umbehr tells Modern Healthcare, “I'm cheaper than 340B.”
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
