EmpiRx Health Launches Weight Management Program to Help Improve Member Health Outcomes and Control Costs

New Clinically-Based Solution Integrates Weight Management Drug Therapies with Behavioral Change Management to Facilitate Member Success and Proactively Control Benefit Costs

MONTVALE, N.J., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EmpiRx Health, the leading clinically-driven pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company that puts pharmacists at the center of its service model, today announced the launch of a clinically-based Weight Management Program that integrates medication therapies, behavioral change solutions, and advanced digital tools. The innovative new solution helps members achieve lasting weight loss goals and improves overall health outcomes while enabling benefits plan sponsors to better control costs.

As an urgent global health problem, obesity is an important factor impacting a range of health risks, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers. Obesity also contributes to rising healthcare costs for employers, making it a major challenge for both benefits plan sponsors and their members. The new high-profile drugs now being prescribed for obesity, such as GLP-1s, have shown real promise in helping patients lose significant weight, but they are very expensive, costing on average $1,200 to $1,500 per month.

EmpiRx Health's new Weight Management Program empowers its clients with a weight management strategy that not only facilitates ongoing member success but also helps employers to proactively control costs. This cost-effective and clinically-driven solution integrates weight management drug therapies with a tech-enabled, behavioral change management platform. The result is measurably improved member health outcomes and reduced waste and misuse of plan benefits.

"Our new Weight Management Program is based directly on the input from our clients," said Danny Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer of EmpiRx Health. "They recognize the power and promise of this new class of weight management drug therapies but need to make sure they are advancing the primary goal of improving member health outcomes while also being effective stewards of their benefits plans."

Sanchez continued: "Our new solution accomplishes these goals by leveraging EmpiRx Health's clinical pharmacists and advanced analytics technologies to make clinically appropriate medication therapy recommendations for members. Based on these recommendations, our new program then gives members the tools they need to help them achieve their weight-loss goals through proven adherence and lifestyle changes."

How EmpiRx Health's Weight Management Program Works

Since no two member populations are identical, EmpiRx Health's Weight Management Program offers the following options to fit clients' specific needs:

• Weight Management Support – Including comprehensive member support provided through a digital companion integrating a scale to track weight; 24/7 coaching for members enhanced by AI; and tools for managing adherence and tracking exercise and diet. This option features proven behavioral change management solutions to enhance member health outcomes.
  
  
• Weight Management Plus – In addition to the above outlined features, this option requires deeper member engagement to ensure the accountability that is essential to improving long-term weight-loss results and optimizing health outcomes.

About EmpiRx Health
EmpiRx Health is the leading clinically-driven, customer-first pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company that puts the pharmacist at the center of the pharmacy care model. Leveraging our AI-powered pharmacy care platform, Clinically™, EmpiRx Health's clinical pharmacists and client experience teams provide the highest quality care and service. This enables plan sponsors to measurably improve their member health outcomes while substantially reducing prescription drug costs. With major offices in Montvale, NJ and Orlando, FL, EmpiRx Health celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2024. To learn more, visit www.empirxhealth.com. More information on Clinically can be found at www.clinically.co.

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SOURCE EmpiRx Health