Your health insurance plan includes a list called a formulary -- a directory of the drugs it covers. If you've ever been stunned at how much it cost you to fill a prescription, it’s possible that ...

CVS Caremark will begin offering osteoporosis biosimilars Ospomyv and Stoboclo, as well as generic teriparatide, Bonsity and ...

It’s a problem that affects both the insured and uninsured.

Placing formulary restrictions on brand name drugs shifts use toward generics, lowers the cost per prescription fill, and has minimal impact on overall adherence for antidiabetes, antihyperlipidemia, ...

After months of tough negotiations and pushback from patients and doctors, CVS Health is adding the popular blood thinner Eliquis back to its national preferred formulary. For months, patients had ...

Part of the House’s budget proposal includes changes to state law requiring a process called formulary management for the plan. That means the state will maintain a list of approved medications. That ...

Medicare Part D is available to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part A or Part B. It works similarly to standard insurance plans. You pay monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and other ...

A real-world report showed the safety and efficacy of zanubrutinib after a community oncology practice replaced ibrutinib with the newer Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor on its formulary. A bevy of ...

After the Veterans Health Administration tweaked its formulary on an asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease therapy, hospitalizations and emergency department visits increased, according to ...

Over the past two decades the use of step therapy or edits by health insurers has increased significantly. Step therapy, also called step edits, implies that in a given therapeutic class lower cost ...

The owners of an independent pharmacy have called the roll out of the Bermuda Health Council’s new formulary a disaster and ...