Little consistency in evidence cited by commercial plans for specialty drug coverage

Date: November 4, 2019
Journal: Health Affairs
Citation: Chambers JD, Panzer AD, Pope EF, Graff JS, Neumann PJ. Little consistency in evidence cited by commercial plans for specialty drug coverage. Health Affairs 2019;38(11):1882–6.

ABSTRACT

We found wide variation in the evidence that US commercial health plans reported reviewing in their specialty drug coverage policies. There was little consistency in the numbers or types of studies cited by health plans. On average, only 15 percent of health plans’ coverage policies cited the same study evaluating a specific drug for a specific indication.

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