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Reminder: Updates to the medical benefit specialty drug cost-sharing list

December 5, 2018

As a reminder, effective January 1, 2019, Independence will update its list of specialty drugs that require member cost-sharing (e.g., copayment, deductible, and coinsurance). Cost-sharing applies to select medical benefit specialty drugs for members who are enrolled in Commercial FLEX products and other select plans. The member?s cost-sharing amount is based on the terms of the member?s benefit contract. In accordance with your Provider Agreement, it is the provider?s responsibility to verify a member?s individual benefits and cost-share requirements.

The list will be expanded to include 161 drugs, including additions of the following:

  • brexanolone*
  • FulphilaTM (pegfilgrastim-jmdb)?
  • Ilaris? (canakinumab)
  • Jivi? (recombinant PEGylated-aucl)
  • OnpattroTM (patisiran)
  • ravulizumab*
  • Triptodur? (triptorelin)

In addition, all specialty drugs that are classified by Independence as Gene Therapy (e.g., LuxturnaTM [voretigene neparvovec-rzyl]) will require member cost-sharing.

The comprehensive list of specialty drugs with cost-sharing is now available on our website.

*Pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

?Cost-sharing applies to all FDA-approved biosimilars to pegfilgrastim.


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