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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Considering Hepatitis C Treatment => Topic started by: Mike on January 06, 2015, 07:30:47 pm

Title: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Mike on January 06, 2015, 07:30:47 pm

AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam:


http://t.co/Xr5EkA24lj   

Mike

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: petra on January 06, 2015, 08:08:22 pm

Great article!

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Red Hen on January 08, 2015, 11:27:01 am

Very good article. People who want treatment should have access to it.

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: coinjock on January 10, 2015, 01:05:21 pm

Only certain insurance companies prescriptions are handled by Express Scripts who handles AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak. What insurance companies use Express Scripts? Are there insurance companies that stand out with their responsiveness to the various treatments available?

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Maxlaw on January 10, 2015, 02:23:07 pm

Two of the largest insurance companies using Express Scripts as their pharmacy benefits manager that I know of are United HealthCare and Tricare. Since Express Scripts is the country's largest PBM, though, I'm sure there is a very long list of insurance companies with whom they contract to make make money for the insurance companies and themselves by denying patients access to more expensive drugs. But they blame that on Big Pharma. Name of the game.

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Lynn K on January 10, 2015, 10:37:10 pm

I have BCBS of Illinois through my employer. They use Express Scripts. Total employees for my company is currently 166,000 worldwide.

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Red Hen on January 10, 2015, 10:48:24 pm

My understanding is that some of the medicare programs use Express Scripts. BCBS of New Mexico uses Express Scripts but not sure if all BCBS does.

Title: Re: AbbVie’s new Viekira Pak fails to break the HCV treatment/denial logjam
Post by: Mike on January 10, 2015, 11:02:24 pm

I have Medical Mutual and they use Express Scripts as well.

Mike