MedSpan Musings — Tips for better payer market research

MedSpan Musings — Tips for better payer market research  

The benefit covering a drug is not always obvious

When discussing benefit coverage of drugs with payers, remember that some health plans at first cover drugs under the medical benefit and then transfer those costs each month to the pharmacy benefit. Be sure to probe for this approach and its implications for drugs administered in physicians’ offices and alternate sites of care.

MedSpan Research Pay-For-Performance Case Study

MedSpan Research Pay-For-Performance Case Study http://wp.me/pReqv-m:

Connectivity is one of the Key Underlying P4P Programs…Read more to learn why

MedSpan Research’s Tips for Conducting Payer Research

MedSpan Research’s Mentions…Here’s a Tip!   MedSpan Research finds that many consumers do not know the type of Medicare (Fee for Service vs. Advantage) or Medicaid (state vs. managed) insurance they have. When conducting an Internet survey with consumers, ask them to look at their insurance card to give you an accurate answer.

2015 Started Out With 89 New ACOs Joining the Medicare Shared Savings Program

89 new ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program starting January 2015, increasing the total participating ACOs to 424; including the Innovation Center’s 19 Pioneer ACOs. The 89 new Shared Services ACOs added 23,000 additional physicians and other providers to the Medicare Shared Savings Program’s provider network. The Share Services ACOs combined with the Innovation Center’s 19 Pioneer ACOs will serve over 7.8 million beneficiaries.

Will Health Insurance Exchanges Make a Difference?

The majority of states’ insurance markets are led by one insurer. This is a reason why one of the goals of the health insurance exchange is to introduce new carriers to increase competition among insurers.