Insurer offers additional details on upcoming rebate program, including how it will protect contract confidentiality, and which members might use it the most.

On average, beneficiaries will pay 13% more in Medicare drug benefit monthly premiums than in 2015, the largest increase since 2009, Kaiser Family Foundation report finds. Plus, more plans are relying on deductibles and charging coinsurance for both preferred and non-preferred brand drugs.

The framework does not integrate cost into the benefit score calculated for drugs because ASCO felt this would detract from a focus on treatment performance.

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