First Digital Health Formulary by Express Scripts includes CBT-based programs to treat depression, anxiety and insomnia

Source: Express Scripts

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Express Scripts Launch­es First Dig­i­tal Health For­mu­la­ry for Apps & Devices (HIT Consultant):

“Start­ing in Jan­u­ary 2020, Express Scripts Dig­i­tal Health For­mu­la­ry will ini­tial­ly include 15 solu­tions for remote mon­i­tor­ing ser­vices and dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics that aid in the man­age­ment of eight of the country’s most com­mon chron­ic con­di­tions: dia­betes, pre­di­a­betes, hyper­ten­sion, asth­ma, pul­monary dis­ease, depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and insom­nia … Par­tic­i­pat­ing health plans and employ­ers can increase patients’ access to emerg­ing prod­ucts and tech­nolo­gies sim­ply and afford­ably and can rest eas­i­er with the knowl­edge that these new tools have been reviewed by a team of experts who will ensure the prod­ucts work, pro­vide a user-friend­ly expe­ri­ence and are worth the invest­ment. Peo­ple who use a pro­gram on the Dig­i­tal Health For­mu­la­ry also will receive sup­port from Express Scripts spe­cial­ist phar­ma­cists to ensure the appro­pri­ate use of the technology.”

About the Digital Health Formulary:

Express Scripts Makes Dig­i­tal Health Click (com­pa­ny announcement):

“In May, we announced we were devel­op­ing the first-ever for­mu­la­ry for dig­i­tal health. Since then, we have been build­ing this indus­try chang­ing plat­form, estab­lish­ing a four-stage for­mu­la­ry review and selec­tion pro­to­col and review­ing hun­dreds of sub­mis­sions from dig­i­tal health devel­op­ers … Now, we’ve estab­lished the first group of 15 clin­i­cal­ly val­i­dat­ed pro­grams from lead­ing dig­i­tal health devel­op­ers to be includ­ed in our first release start­ing in Jan­u­ary 2020. We’ve set the bar high for clin­i­cal effec­tive­ness, user expe­ri­ence and finan­cial val­ue for dig­i­tal health solu­tions, while also com­bin­ing cov­er­age into the phar­ma­cy ben­e­fit and pro­vid­ing patients with expert sup­port from Express Scripts spe­cial­ist pharmacists.

The Express Scripts Dig­i­tal Health For­mu­la­ry ini­tial­ly includes 15 solu­tions, includ­ing remote mon­i­tor­ing ser­vices and dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics, that aid in the man­age­ment of eight of the country’s most com­mon chron­ic con­di­tions: dia­betes, pre­di­a­betes, hyper­ten­sion, asth­ma, pul­monary dis­ease, depres­sion, anx­i­ety and insom­nia.” — for the last three con­di­tions, the for­mu­la­ry includes Learn to Live and Sil­ver­Cloud Health cog­ni­tive behav­ioral therapy.

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