DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2014 Issue 6 (June)

Prescription drug savings cards given to patients may run afoul of payer policy

The discount cards physician practices often hand out to patients to help offset the copayments for pricey prescription drugs are in the sights of insurance payers, which believe the cards thwart efforts to set coverage tiers to control utilization of high-cost care. It’s unclear, however, whether payers can outright ban usage of the cards.

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