ACA Marketplace Coverage Enrollments Reach Record High

This month's episode of the Meet the Board podcast features a new member of our editorial advisory board, Marci J. Chodroff, MD, FACP, vice president of Medical Affairs at Magellan Rx Management, a Prime Therapeutics company.

To effectively navigate the changing pharmacy landscape and maintain a robust, cost-effective pharmacy benefit, you must understand the forces behind rising drug trend. What’s driving your costs and what can you do about it? As a leader in the PBM analytics space, we offer a unique perspective on pivotal trend drivers. Here’s what our comprehensive analysis revealed: -A surge in utilization rates across specialty and non-specialty drugs, magnified by anti-obesity therapies -Financial strain imposed by anti-inflammatory biologics and the yet-to-be-fulfilled -promise of biosimilar savings -Persistent price inflation driving higher costs year over year

But the waivers that allow for coverage of tele-health expire at the end the year. Several bills have been put forth to extend coverage.

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