Cost-Containment

As hospitals focus to expand community-focused pharmacy services, their leaders are prioritizing chronic disease adherence, transitions of care, and 340B optimization.

Jeff Smedsrud says the products can help group health plan enrollees cope with rising out-of-pocket costs and others cope with uncertainty.

The Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025 bill would require federal agencies to publish a regulatory impact analysis for most rules with an anticipated annual economic impact of $100 million or more.

The "alternative funding program managers" assume patients get the drugs from charities or through other arrangements.

The UnitedHealth subsidiaries have told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa that provisions in the law violate ERISA and the PBMs' freedom of speech.

About 1 in 4 adults say they or someone living with them have had problems paying for prescription drugs in the past 12 months.