US health insurance, PBM executives weigh in on vertical integration, cost of care

Executives from the largest U.S. health care payers cited proactive management of high-risk patients, biosimilar use and site-of-care steerage as their top tactics to lower care costs, according to a survey from Spherix Global Insights.Spherix surveyed 27 decision-makers from nine of the leading managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the United States: UnitedHealth