Taking a Total View: Linking Pharmacy + Medical Drug Trends
The challenges of managing prescription drug benefits continue to make today’s news. Headlines feature the hardships of soaring drug prices and the growing number of innovative drug approvals. As health care spending continues to outpace the economy, the need for changes in drug management intensifies.
This led Anthem Inc. to launch IngenioRx, a new pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that will offer a full suite of services in 2020. The goal of IngenioRx is to improve health outcomes, reduce total health care costs, and provide consumers a simplified experience in a highly fragmented and confusing health care system.
IngenioRx will serve customers of Anthem’s affiliated health plans, as well as non-Anthem customers, with a seamless, consumer-centric approach to managing health and driving better outcomes. To accomplish this, clinical experts use integrated pharmacy + medical data and perspectives to guide decision making and effective use of traditional and non-traditional management tools. This allows us to achieve meaningful clinical outcomes at an affordable price. The ability to see the whole picture enables an examination of the total drug trend and provides insights and recommendations that go well beyond a traditional PBM.
With the launch of IngenioRx last year, we are proud to provide you with our inaugural annual drug trend report, detailing the 2017 consolidated pharmacy + medical drug trends for Anthem’s affiliated health plans, which will feature pharmacy benefits powered by IngenioRx beginning in 2020. We look forward to expanding and enhancing these strategies and solutions as we grow our pharmacy business within Anthem’s existing footprint and beyond.
