Photo: Jeff Lagasse/Healthcare Finance News

照片：Jeff Lagasse/医疗保健金融新闻

CarelonRx, the pharmacy benefit manager for Elevance Health, will launch a new cost savings program called EnsureRx, which will automatically compare prices of select covered generic medications against a variety of cash discount cards and apply the lowest cost for consumers at the pharmacy counter..

提升健康药房福利经理CarelonRx将启动一项名为EnsureRx的新成本节约计划，该计划将自动将所选涵盖的通用药物的价格与各种现金折扣卡进行比较，并为药房柜台的消费者应用最低成本。。

EnsureRx is an integrated cost savings solution that allows members to access savings on more than 50 generic medications that are typically used by consumers with a discount card.

EnsureRx是一种综合的成本节约解决方案，使成员能够节省50多种通用药物，这些药物通常由消费者使用折扣卡。

Paul Marchetti, president of CarelonRx, said the company's ultimate goals 'are to help members reduce their prescription drug costs, increase medication adherence and promote better health outcomes.'

CarelonRx总裁Paul Marchetti表示，该公司的最终目标是“帮助成员降低处方药成本，提高药物依从性并促进更好的健康结果”

WHAT'S THE IMPACT

有什么影响

EnsureRx will be a free, automatically integrated benefit for CarelonRx members. Commercial members will use their pharmacy member ID card at a retail pharmacy as normal and EnsureRx will identify and apply the lowest cost available to them on select generic medications.

对于CarelonRx成员，EnsureRx将是免费的，自动集成的好处。商业会员将正常在零售药房使用他们的药房会员身份证，EnsureRx将在选定的通用药物上识别并应用他们可用的最低成本。

Medications filled under the EnsureRx program will still count toward a member's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum.

根据EnsureRx计划填写的药物仍将计入会员的免赔额和自付最大值。

Members will also be able to preview medication savings and pricing at various pharmacies via the Sydney Health app, CarelonRx website, Anthem website, or through customer service. EnsureRx will be available for commercial members in early 2024.

会员还将能够通过悉尼健康应用程序，CarelonRx网站，Anthem网站或客户服务在各种药房预览药物节省和定价。EnsureRx将于2024年初提供给商业成员。

Elevance Health announced the launch of healthcare services brand Carelon in June 2022. Over the next couple of years, it will consolidate its existing broad portfolio of capabilities and services businesses. Carelon services range from research to integrated whole-person care delivery, pharmacy, behavioral health and digitally enabled solutions..

Elevance Health于2022年6月宣布推出医疗服务品牌Carelon。在接下来的几年中，它将整合现有广泛的能力和服务业务组合。Carelon服务范围从研究到综合全人护理服务，药房，行为健康和数字化解决方案。。

The previous acquisition that had been announced by Elevance was that of BioPlus, a comprehensive specialty pharmacy, in November 2022. BioPlus provides a range of specialty pharmacy services for patients living with complex and chronic conditions, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C, autoimmune diseases and rheumatology..

Elevance宣布的之前收购是2022年11月的综合专业药房BioPlus。BioPlus为患有复杂和慢性疾病的患者提供一系列专业药房服务，如癌症，多发性硬化症，丙型肝炎，自身免疫性疾病和风湿病学。。

THE LARGER TREND

更大的趋势

Elevance Health posted a strong second quarter, achieving about $1.9 billion in revenue, good for 13.2% growth over the previous year's $1.6 billion haul, according to the company's July earnings report.

根据该公司7月的收益报告，Elevance Health发布了强劲的第二季度，实现了约19亿美元的收入，与去年16亿美元的运输相比增长了13.2%。

Operating gain in the Carelon segment was $632 million in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of $40 million from $592 million in Q2 2022.

Carelon细分市场在2023年第二季度的经营收益为6.32亿美元，比2022年第二季度的5.92亿美元增长了4000万美元。

Earlier this year, Elevance said it would be pursuing an acquisition of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. The two organizations said they're 'aligned in a mission' to improve access, quality and affordability for Louisianans.

今年早些时候，Elevance表示将收购路易斯安那州的Blue Cross Blue Shield。这两个组织表示，他们“使命一致”，以改善路易斯安那州的获取，质量和负担能力。

Twitter: @JELagasse

推特：@JELagasse

Email the writer: Jeff.Lagasse@himssmedia.com

给作者发电子邮件：Jeff.Lagasse@himssmedia.com