Large Employers Exploring Value-Based Contracting For Specialty Drugs

National Business Group on Health annual survey of employer-sponsored insurance finds continued concerns with specialty drug costs, growing interest in using accountable care organizations to control costs.

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Large employers are beginning to build value-based pricing into purchasing contracts for some specialty drugs, based on plans for 2018 recorded in the latest health benefits survey conducted by the National Business Group on Health.

Released Aug. 8, the survey found 9% of respondents are engaged in outcomes-based or indication-based contracts for specialty drugs, either...

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