📻: The Evolution of Medicare Advantage's Supplemental Benefits

View in browser ([link removed] )

LinkedIn ([link removed] )

YouTube ([link removed] )

Facebook ([link removed] )

X ([link removed] )

Instagram ([link removed] )

Website ([link removed] )

Friday, September 20, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Dear John,

ICYMI, Andrew Feher of Department of Health Care Access and Information appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss his recent paper on how the incorporation of email reminders saw increases in eligibility verification and continued subsidy receipt for enrollees in California's Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Listen
([link removed] )

As you prepare to close your laptops until Monday, let's take a look around at what's happening in the world of health policy.

This week, Cigna took actions to defend its pharmacy benefit manger ([link removed] ) (PBM), Express Scripts, after recent reports from the Federal Trade Commission suggested that they could be contributing to rising drug prices.

Let's take a closer look at what Health Affairs has published over the years exploring trends with pharmacy benefit managers.

California’s Drug Transparency Law: Navigating The Boundaries Of State Authority On Drug Pricing ([link removed] )

Katherine L. Gudiksen et al. (September 2018)

Biosimilar Competition In The United States: Statutory Incentives, Payers, And Pharmacy Benefit Managers ([link removed] )

Benjamin P. Falit et al. (February 2015)

The Role Of PBMs In Implementing The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit ([link removed] )

Robert F. Atlas (January 2004)

Three Key Ways To Strengthen Proposed Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulations ([link removed] )

Hussain S. Lalani et al. (September 2023)

Policy Options To Help Self-Insured Employers Improve PBM Contracting Efficiency ([link removed] )

Ge Bai et al. (May 2019)

Pharmacy Benefit Managers ([link removed] )

Cole Werble (September 2017)

PBMs. What Are They Hiding? w/ Stacie Dusetzina ([link removed] )

(August 2024)

The Controversy Around Pharmacy Benefit Managers ([link removed] )

(March 2023)

Published Today

The Evolution of Medicare Advantage's Supplemental Benefits ([link removed] )

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the program to discuss the upcoming 2024 open enrollment season for Medicare and what changes to expect with recent news that large insurance companies may be scaling back Medicare Advantage offerings in the coming year.

Listen
([link removed] )

How Policy Makers Can Act Now To Prevent An Avian Influenza Pandemic ([link removed] )

Rick Bright et al.

Improvement Science And Value-Based Payment Models ([link removed] )

Tej Patel et al.

health-affairs-43-09-order-issue_eNewsletter-banner ([link removed] )

LinkedIn ([link removed] )

YouTube ([link removed] )

Facebook ([link removed] )

X ([link removed] )

Instagram ([link removed] )

Website ([link removed] )

About Health Affairs

Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal ([link removed] ) at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online.

Sign up for all of our newsletters ([link removed] ) , including Health Affairs Today and Health Affairs Sunday Update.

Project HOPE ([link removed] ) is a global health and humanitarian organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.

Copyright © Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Privacy Policy ([link removed] )

Health Affairs, 1220 19th St. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, United States, 202-408-6801

Manage preferences ([link removed] )