Workers comp PBM and medical services company PMSI released its annual Drug Trends Report at RIMS earlier this week. I noted a couple highlights in an earlier post; you can download a copy here.
One of the more notable findings is the increase in the rate of inflation in drug costs, this coming after several years of decreasing inflation rates. A key contributor was per-script price increases which amounted to 6.1% in 2008.
There’s lots of good information in the Report, and you can’t beat the price.
My firm will be conducting the Sixth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers Comp next month; this survey focuses on tools and techniques employed to manage costs as well as payer executives’ views on cost drivers and PBMs.
For the fourth consecutive year the Survey is sponsored by Cypress Care.
Send an email to infoAThealthstrategyassocDOTcom if you’d like a copy of the report.
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