Over the past few years, some employers have opted to lower their healthcare spending on high-cost medications by removing those drugs from the formulary and forcing beneficiaries to apply for charitable care to cover drug costs and copays. A panel of experts criticized the strategy, known as alternative funding, at the NASP 2023 Annual Meeting & Expo, in Grapevine, Texas.
Alternative funding programs put those who are truly needy and rely on charitable care at risk for not