Jan 10, 2021 | Brand Name Drugs, MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Specialty Drugs
GoodRx has compiled a list of drugs that saw manufacturer price increases in January 2021. In total, 589 drugs – all but seven of them brand-name medications – increased in price, by an average of 4.2%. Among the better known brand-name drugs on the list are Humira...
Dec 10, 2020 | MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Savings, Transparency
A Columbus Dispatch article outlines the struggles Ohio Medicaid has experienced in trying to “rein in the middlemen in the prescription drug supply chain” – pharmacy benefit managers. Their year-long effort to replace outsider PBMs with a state-run PBM has met with...
Nov 23, 2020 | Brand Name Drugs, Generic Drugs, MedBen Access, MedBen Rx, Online Services, Prescription drugs, Rx Costs, Rx Facts, Savings
On December 1, MedBen Rx will roll out the new Member Prescription Portal. This easy-to-navigate site, available online through MedBen Access or via our mobile app, is designed to help members better manage their pharmacy plan and make cost-effective prescription drug...
Sep 18, 2020 | MedBen Rx, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Rx Spending, Savings, Transparency
Employers could save billion of dollars every year by avoiding “wasteful drugs,” according to BenefitsPro. Guidelines from Pacific Business Group on Health and and researchers from Johns Hopkins University identified 49 high-price medications with less costly...
May 22, 2019 | Government, MedBen Rx, Rx Advertising, Rx Costs
The Trump administration recently announced that drug makers will now have to include prices in their TV advertising beginning this summer. Prescription drug cost transparency is a good thing… and MedBen makes transparency a keystone of its pharmacy plans, so clients...
Apr 19, 2019 | Online Services, Reporting, Rx Costs, Rx Spending, Savings
To give employers the most accurate and up-to-date information possible, MedBen has partnered with Deerwalk, Inc. to provide an upgraded data analytics and reporting platform. The strong reporting that MedBen clients come to expect is now even stronger. With our...
