Papers Delve Into Payment Options for Gene Therapies

  • Nov 22, 2023

    Most employer-sponsored plans that have stop-loss insurance coverage should be able to pay for expensive gene therapies that have proven to be cost-effective, according to a recent paper from Health Affairs Scholar. However, a separate Health Affairs analysis published this month argues that payers must assess alternative payment models to afford the medications, which can cost more than $1 million per dose.

    Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., one of the authors of the latter Health Affairs paper says that plans have taken varied approaches to paying for gene therapies ranging from “extremely permissive to extremely tight coverage.”

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