At Kaiser Permanente, we have a value-based, integrated model of care that combines both a health plan and a care delivery system. As a result, we have an innovative approach to prescription drug coverage and purchasing for our members.
Biosimilars play a critical role in lowering drug prices. Kaiser Permanente successfully uses biosimilars to improve affordability for our members. We are eager to share best practices and work with policymakers to help facilitate a more competitive market for biologic…
This webinar is the second in a two-part series that looks at racial equity in the drug development system, from investment all the way through access. This forum will focus on equity in the patent system, clinical trials, healthcare delivery, and affordability.
On December 7, 2020, the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy hosted the first of a 2-part virtual forum examining racial equity in the drug development system, including during initial investments and research, patent and regulatory processes, supplier and physician…
The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to issue rebates to Medicaid for covered outpatient drugs. When they offer prescription drug benefits, Medicaid programs must cover nearly all drugs, potentially reducing Medicaid’s leverage to negotiate discounts. Policymakers created…
Patents are in the news as Congress considers legislation to address patent abuses and anticompetitive behavior by the pharmaceutical industry. If you’re tuning into these issues for the first time (or even the second or third) you’ll notice that there…
I want to tell you a story about one of my patients — let’s call her Helen. After months of treatment, Helen just wasn’t getting better despite being prescribed a drug that I have used to successfully treat many of…
In May 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested feedback on its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs. By Murray Ross, PhD, Vice President and Institute for Health Policy Director.
Pulse Check on High Drug Pricing: Public Perception and Political Priorities. By Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor and writer at The Atlantic.
