As Drug Prices Soar, Value-Based Pay Hits Pharmaceutical Industry

More health insurance companies are deciding to pay for a drug based on whether its effective and provides the patient a good outcome as value-based care inches toward the pharmaceutical industry, insurers and a new analysis indicate.

One in four health plans now have “at least one outcomes-based contract” with a drug maker , an Avalere Health survey showed. Such contracts tie health outcomes to whether the drug is paid for by the health plan.

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