{"title":"Managing Pharmacy Trend Rates.","authors":"Nathan Cassin, Lisa Zeitel, Hitesh Patel","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although determining the driving forces behind double-digit price inflation trends for pharmaceutical costs has proven increasingly difficult, one thing is clear: Drug trend rates are unsustainable for plan sponsors and will continue to be a top challenge in the coming years. This article discusses emerging strategies for dealing with prescription drug cost trends, best-in-class contracting, changing and affecting drug mix, the changing reimbursement model and what's next in mitigating evolving pharmaceutical costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79563,"journal":{"name":"Benefits quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Benefits quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Although determining the driving forces behind double-digit price inflation trends for pharmaceutical costs has proven increasingly difficult, one thing is clear: Drug trend rates are unsustainable for plan sponsors and will continue to be a top challenge in the coming years. This article discusses emerging strategies for dealing with prescription drug cost trends, best-in-class contracting, changing and affecting drug mix, the changing reimbursement model and what's next in mitigating evolving pharmaceutical costs.