A growing number of commercial insurers are providing their members with discounts as their medical claim costs fall due to restricted elective services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are four examples
1. Cigna’s Express Scripts is capping the out-of-pocket cost for 30-day supplies of generic and brand-name prescriptions at $25 and $75, respectively.
2. UnitedHealth Group is providing members more than $1.5 billion in discounts, including premium rebates, and its Medicare Advantage customers won’t have to cover cost-sharing when they access specialists and primary care physicians at least through September.
3. Humana is waiving all cost-sharing for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits for its Medicare Advantage members through the end of 2020.
4. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is waiving cost-sharing for Medicare Advantage members through the end of the year for in-person primary care services, behavioral health office visits and telehealth services for both medical and behavioral health.
Source: Becker’s Hospital Review