Apr 25, 2023 | MedBen Access, MedBen Basics, MedBen Rx, Mobile app, Online Services, Prescription drugs, Prescription Portal
Health benefits management can be a complicated business, but that doesn’t mean it has to be. To help make things a bit more clear cut, MedBen offers dozens of MedBen Basic handouts on a variety of topics. While many of our Basics are directed at plan...
Mar 21, 2023 | Brand Name Drugs, Diabetes, Generic Drugs, MedBen Rx, MedBen University, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Prescription drugs, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Savings
Earlier this month, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly announced that it cutting the cost of two of its prescription brand insulins, Humalog and Humulin, by 70%, and capping out-of-pocket costs for privately insured patients at $35 a month. Competing...
Mar 6, 2023 | Access solution, Access solutions, MedBen Rx, Medicare, Research, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending, Savings, Specialty Drugs
Employers pay up to 30 times as much for specialty drugs than Medicare does, new research finds. According to the JAMA Health Forum, for the 10 most commonly used specialty drugs, employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) plans paid prices up to 3,350%...
Feb 21, 2023 | Comparative Effectiveness, MedBen Rx, Research, Rx Advertising, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending, TruDataRx
Drug companies spend $6 billion per year on direct-to-consumer ads with the goal of getting patients to ask their doctors to prescribe drugs that, in many instances, cost substantially more but are less effective than their current medications. And with no comparative...
Feb 6, 2023 | Announcements, MedBen Rx, MedBen University, Specialty Drugs
The 22nd Season of MedBen University (MBU) will soon be in session! In 2023, MBU will explore current benefit management issues and proven solutions MedBen offers, including: golden pen,notebook,calculator and glasses on black desk Reducing Rx spend...
Feb 3, 2023 | Gene therapy, Inflation, MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending, Savings, Specialty Drugs
Even though health care costs have not seen the same rate of inflation as other industries, that’s about to change. Fortunately, MedBen has a variety of inflation-hedging solutions to counter rising costs. As a recent Self-Insurer article notes, health care costs...
