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2023 State of Specialty Spend & Trend Report

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Specialty drug management remains a top concern for health payers, including managed care organizations and employers. The 2023 State of Specialty Spend and Trend Report looks across both medical and pharmacy benefits to provide real-world data on the current state of specialty spend and trend, including management strategies.

Key Takeaways

Here’s a sneak peek into a few of the key findings

Claim utilization continues to be the primary driver of trend (9.9%), but cost per claim played a more significant role in 2022 (3.9%)

Specialty spend continues to shift from the medical benefit to the pharmacy benefit, the latter of which now accounts for 56.3% of spend

The percentage of members taking at least one specialty drug continues to rise (4%), while the average number of claims per person remains steady at 5 claims per year

Specialty trend from 2021-2022 once again reached double-digits at 14.1%

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Expert insight from our panelists:

Renee Rayburg

Renee Rayburg, RPh

VP, Clinical Strategy

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