Top 5 Formulary Watch Articles of 2024
Check out this list of the top five articles posted on Formulary Watch this year!
1. UnitedHealthcare Adds Deductibles to Medicare Part D for 2025
UnitedHealthcare is adding deductibles to Part D prescriptions on certain formulary tiers as a result of plan design changes from the Inflation Reduction Act.
2. NDA Resubmitted for Dry Eye Treatment Reproxalap
Dry eye disease affects up to 15% of the U.S. population and is one of the largest markets in the ophthalmology field.
3. CVS Caremark Makes Changes in Diabetes Coverage for 2025
CVS Caremark has removed several diabetes drugs favor of newer products and generics and is even favoring an insulin infusion system developed by a company that was cofounded by Alan Lotvin, a former executive at CVS Health.
4. 2024 Formulary Moves
The large pharmacy benefit managers have switched up their coverage of biosimilars, especially the biosimilars to Humira (adalimumab).
5. FDA Approves Dupixent for Patients with COPD
This is the sixth indication for Dupixent and the only biologic approved in the United States to treat COPD.
Breaking Down Health Plans, HSAs, AI With Paul Fronstin of EBRI
November 19th 2024Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.
Listen
New PTSD Treatment Shows Promise with Brexpiprazole, Sertraline Combination
December 24th 2024Currently, the only medications approved by the FDA for PTSD are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) sertraline and paroxetine. However, these medications don’t work for everyone.
Read More
In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.
Listen
How the Contact Center Can Be a Driver of VBC Success
December 23rd 2024Historically, healthcare organizations have considered the contact center to be a cost center, a communications platform for conveying information to patients and plan members. Today, however, AI-enabled contact centers can be drivers of value, especially in a value-based care environment.
Read More
