Reducing the Rising Costs of Specialty Medications

Innovations in pharmaceuticals have opened new worlds of drug therapies that can dramatically improve a patient’s quality of life. Unfortunately, these therapies, also known as specialty drugs, often come with price tags that make some medications unaffordable for many patients, even if they have health insurance. Some of these expensive specialty drugs can offer life-changing treatment for serious conditions, such as autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Even when a health plan offers some coverage for specialty drugs, many patients don’t comply with prescription treatment recommendations because of high copayments. This can result in a reduced patient quality of life and poor clinical outcomes, which can lead to significantly higher overall healthcare costs in the long run.

HelpScript has an answer. We help patients identify and enroll in manufacturer offered copay assistance programs, which may reduce or even eliminate patient copays.

How HelpScript Helps Plan Patients

Even with health insurance, the copay or coinsurance of these specialty drugs can be a significant cost to patients. HelpScript helps patients by keeping specialty medications affordable to promote patient compliance, with the ultimate goal of keeping them healthy. HelpScript does this by helping patients on eligible medication enroll in assistance programs available for specialty medications, which may be covered under both pharmacy or medical benefits. HelpScript can reduce or even eliminate patient copays.

But we don’t stop there. We offer patients access to our HelpScript Patient Advocates, a team of compassionate and highly-trained professionals that are here to support patients and guide them in enrolling in manufacturer assistance programs.

Delivering White Glove Service From HelpScript Patient Advocates

Our Patient Advocates provide concierge-level service by:

  • Helping patients navigate enrollment in assistance programs
  • Explaining to the patients their true out-of-pocket costs
  • Functioning as a dedicated resource for the patient, physician, pharmacy and the plan