Feb 1, 2023 | Legislative, MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs
Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are increasingly being called to answer for their questionable business practices at multiple levels of government. On the state level, in recent months: A major PBM has settled with Iowa and at least 14 other states for overbilling...
Jan 24, 2023 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance, Forms, IRS, Medicare, PCORI, Reporting
To keep you “in the know” about mandatory regulatory due dates for health plan sponsors, the MedBen Compliance team recently compiled a “Self-funded Plan Sponsors Annual Compliance Deadlines” list. We encourage you to download this document and...
Jan 23, 2023 | Avande, Cost Savings, Drug costs, Gene therapy, Luke Burchard, MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Savings
In two recent articles, we touched on the growing prevalence of high-cost drugs, some with price tags in the thousands and even millions of dollars: Drugmakers are raising prices on over 350 unique drugs this month.Innovative gene therapies have emerged that cost as...
Jan 20, 2023 | Biometric recognition, MedBen Access, Mobile App
Logging on to the MedBen Access mobile app has just become faster and easier! Users can now enable biometric recognition to use their face ID or fingerprint to access claims and benefits information. In addition, we’ve added a “Forgot User ID or...
Jan 19, 2023 | Cost Savings, Out of network, Savings, Unwrapped
If your plan has a primary network structure, MedBen has an ideal way to lower your costs on out-of-network care – saving you, on average, 76% off of billed charges. We’ve partnered with The Phia Group to offer Unwrapped, a comprehensive pricing...
