During open enrollment, employees have plenty of questions about what their benefits cover and how to use them. It’s a good time to answer a few about Scripta, too: what it does, why members may hear from us and where they can turn for help finding a lower-cost prescription option. Members are automatically enrolled in Scripta through their employer or health plan, and we reach out with personalized prescription savings opportunities throughout the year. A little education

Lipfendra is officially FDA-approved, giving patients something they haven’t had before: an oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol. As a physician, I’m always glad to see patients get more treatment options. And there’s plenty to be excited about here. PCSK9 inhibitors are exceptionally effective at lowering LDL, and putting that mechanism into a pill could make this class more approachable for patients who don’t want an injection. But there’s an imp

A midyear benefits review can surface a familiar mix of findings: prescription spend is running ahead of forecast, a small number of medications are driving a disproportionate share of cost, or members are not moving to lower-cost options already available to them. Those findings matter only if they lead to action. The good news is that employers and health plans do not need to redesign the benefit, replace the PBM, or wait until January to begin improving results. With the