Specialty Drug Program
RazorMetrics covers many specialty drugs, with more being added every month, including the following:
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Managing High Cost Pharmacy Claims
Unfortunately, waste is built into the usual prescription process. For example, low-value, high-cost drugs are allowed onto formularies to please members or employees, scubas:
- “Me-too drugs“: Basically, the same drug formula as the original but with inconsequential differences to extend patent protection.
- “Combination drugs“: Creating a new patent by combining two active ingredients into one pill.
- “Brand-name drugs“: Using the brand version when a lower-priced version is available.
We have the visibility into this problem and the physician access to correct it.