Industry Coalition Says Value-Based Pay To Save $48 Billion, But Others See Little Savings

August 2, 2018 at 3:26 PM
The drug, payer and pharmacy benefit manager industries all believe a move toward value-based pay will lower health care costs, but drug-pricing watchdogs disagree. New estimates from an industry coalition predict three changes meant to foster value-based pay would save $48 billion and lower drug prices by 5 percent -- but the pricing watchdogs call those proposals “Pharma’s regulatory rollback shopping list." Also, while there is general consensus about moving toward paying for value, industry stakeholders do not agree on...


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