{"id":9969,"date":"2018-03-28T08:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9969"},"modified":"2018-03-28T08:28:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T12:28:30","slug":"aetna-to-pass-along-drugmaker-rebates-starting-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9969","title":{"rendered":"Aetna to pass along drugmaker rebates starting in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Aetna Inc. announced starting in 2019 they will automatically pass on drugmaker rebates to about three million commercial members at the point of sale. In the past, Aetna had opposed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services idea to mandate that Part D sponsors pass on a percentage of rebates to customers at the point of sale. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biopharmadive.com\/news\/aetna-to-offer-point-of-sale-pharmacy-rebates-to-3m-customers\/520067\/\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7795\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs.jpg 700w\" 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>Aetna Inc. announced starting in 2019 they will automatically pass on drugmaker rebates to about three million commercial members at<\/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-9969","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\/9969","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=9969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9970,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969\/revisions\/9970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}