Intermountain, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. Strike Online Generics Deal

  • Sep 28, 2023

    Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. and Select Health, the managed care arm of Utah-based nonprofit health system Intermountain Health, on Sept. 19 struck a deal to provide Select Health members with what a press release called “direct access” to Cost Plus’ online generics pharmacy. Select Health tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that members’ level of access to Cost Plus depends on their plan design and plan sponsor: Some members may be able to count any purchases made through Cost Plus toward their annual deductible and out-of-pocket maximum.

    Intermountain, which owns its own PBM, Scripius, is just the latest notable regional player to partner with Cost Plus on generics. The deal comes shortly after the much discussed move by Blue Shield of California to unbundle its PBM contracts. (As part of Blue Shield’s new strategy, Cost Plus will manage retail pharmacy pricing and payment for the insurer.)

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  • Peter Johnson

    Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

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