{"id":10893,"date":"2018-07-07T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10893"},"modified":"2018-07-06T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:57:52","slug":"pharmaceutical-companies-are-working-on-ways-to-evade-copay-accumulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10893","title":{"rendered":"Pharmaceutical companies are working on ways to evade copay accumulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In an effort to coax patients away from expensive drugs, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) have introduced a new \u201ccopay accumulator\u201d approach for its corporate customers. The programs prevent copay card funds from counting toward a patient\u2019s required out-of-pocket spending before insurance kicks in on expensive specialty drugs. However, major pharmaceutical companies are working on new payment options to evade detection by the PBMs so that a patient still benefits from the financial aid. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-healthcare\/drugmakers-try-evasion-tougher-negotiations-to-fight-new-u-s-insurer-tactic-idUSKBN1JV1AX?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=64272841&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-82eOrXZ8LuQAe2bJbjhQBMCoCGmKIIKTPhVrh0_LRZBzUjueEfM2XjyQpTjNRcYUpxlGYWpmEH2RpdmkMX6-7G3AmN2A&amp;_hsmi=64272841\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to coax patients away from expensive drugs, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) have introduced a new \u201ccopay accumulator\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10894,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10893\/revisions\/10894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}