Healthcare Finance News February 18, 2020
Millennials in particular want a discussion with their provider and will choose their physician, based on the ability to discuss drug costs.
Patients, and in particular millennials, want to talk about the price of a prescription with their provider to avoid sticker shock, according to a Surescripts’ Prescription Price Transparency and the Patient Experience survey.
Over half of patients had not taken a medication because of cost, and nearly three in 10 hadn’t taken medication because of the wait time, the survey showed.
Of those who reported that they didn’t take medication because it was too expensive, 94% said they would have been willing to take a lower-cost alternative if their doctor or nurse had suggested one.
Sixty-one percent of...
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