Point-of-Service Controls Keeping Rx Savings on Track

The Department of Defense pharmacy program is on to track to slice $1.3 billion off projected drug costs from 2014 to 2019, thanks to higher beneficiary co-pays, tighter point-of-service rules and recent streamlining of prescription drug processes across the military, according to the Defense Health Agency (DHA). One of the more surprising aspects of savings being captured is that average annual out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries have stayed flat or even fallen, despite recent increases in drug co-payments. For more details, see this Military Advantage post.