In a previous article, I highlighted the largest pharmacy chains that will participate in the 2024 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP).
Today, I update DCI’s exclusive analysis of how smaller pharmacies will participate as preferred cost sharing pharmacies via the pharmacy services administrative organizations (PSAOs) that represent them in negotiations with plans.
As you will see below, the largest PSAOs have effectively abandoned PDP’s preferred networks in 2024. Plans from Aetna, Humana, WellCare, and UnitedHealthcare will not have any independent pharmacies participating via PSAOs as preferred pharmacies.
Smaller pharmacies’ ability to navigate away provides more bad news for stand-alone Part D market—and another unexpected consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Look out below!
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