Reducing Out-of-Pocket Cost Barriers to Specialty Drug Use Under Medicare Part D

Research presented by Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD, associate professor of medicine, director, Economic Evaluations Unit, Center for Evidence-based Practice, and director, Value-based Insurance Design Initiatives, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

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