“PBM” Reform and Defending Patient Access
Pharmacists Most Credible on Prescription-Drug Savings
say pharmacists are “very credible” or “somewhat credible” sources when it comes to information about how to save money on prescription drugs – ranking them highest among those tested (others tested include doctors, hospitals, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies).
Pharmacists Most Credible on Prescription-Drug Savings
say pharmacists are “very credible” or “somewhat credible” sources when it comes to information about how to save money on prescription drugs – ranking them highest among those tested (others tested include doctors, hospitals, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies).
Morning Consult conducted this poll between December 7-December 12, 2022, among a sample of 20,010 Adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on gender, age, race, educational attainment, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage points. NACDS commissioned the poll.
These are essential principles for comprehensive PBM reform – to help stop PBMs’ manipulation and to stand up for patients’ pharmacy access and for pharmacies’ survival:
Drilling Down: Stopping “DIR” Fees
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“DIR” Fee Relief: Reducing Costs, Improving Health
Reforming pharmacy DIR fees will save patients $7.1 to $9.2 billion over 10 years.
A review of 160 studies revealed that medication adherence significantly decreases as the medication cost to the patient increases.
Disease-specific cost of non-adherence is estimated up to $44,190 per person, and costs attributed to ʻall causesʼ non-adherence is estimated up to $52,341 per person.
If 25% of hypertension patients who were non-adherent became adherent, Medicare could save nearly $14 billion annually, averting over 100,000 emergency room visits and 7 million inpatient hospital days.