New Online Tool Helps NJ Prescribers to Identify Cheaper Drug Options

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield – New Jersey’s largest health insurance company – has developed a software tool that enables prescribers to get quick access to a list of lower-cost drug options tailored to address a patient’s unique needs and definitively covered by their specific prescription drug plan, according to NJ Spotlight. The rising price of prescription drugs has triggered problems for patients and their physicians: high out-of-pocket costs can lead individuals to skip or ration their medications. The pilot, launched in April, has since spread to some 5,000 prescribers, with Horizon hoping to double that usage by the end of 2019.