Psychedelic Healthcare Implementation
Health economists, payer strategists, and implementation specialists bridging the gap between clinical approval and patient access.
Specific Groups
All Organisations
Aetna
U.S. private payer with published medical policy and prior-authorization requirements for esketamine (Spravato) in treatment-resistant depression pathways.
Canadian Drug Agency (CDA-AMC)
Canadian public HTA and reimbursement review body supporting evidence appraisal for access decisions.
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR)
U.S.-based health economics research center (Tufts Medical Center) that curates the CEA Registry and supports cost-effectiveness and value-assessment research used in market-access decision-making.
Cigna Healthcare
U.S. private payer with published psychiatry coverage-position criteria and prior-authorization form requirements specific to Spravato.
FEP Blue (Federal Employee Program)
Nationwide federal-employee health benefits payer channel (Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP) with published pharmacy policy criteria for Spravato.
Federal Joint Committee (G-BA)
Germany’s highest joint self-governing HTA decision body for coverage and evidence appraisal, including esketamine/Spravato dossiers.
ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research)
Global HEOR professional society with major U.S. footprint and an evidence dissemination platform that includes psychedelic-adjacent esketamine budget-impact analyses.
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)
U.S. value assessment organization that publishes comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness reports used by payers and policymakers, including assessments relevant to esketamine.
MAPS
Nonprofit organizer and host of the Psychedelic Science conference series, alongside broader educational and policy programming.
MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid Program)
Massachusetts Medicaid payer program with published prior-authorization resources and pharmacy updates that include Spravato-related coverage changes.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
UK HTA body issuing evidence and cost-effectiveness recommendations that influence medicine access.
Nevada Medicaid (DHCFP)
Nevada's Medicaid authority publishing pharmacy and physician-administered drug policy materials used for access and prior-authorization decisions, including Spravato-related references in archived DUR and update documents.
Oregon Health Authority Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
State-level Oregon pharmacy and therapeutics decision body supporting evidence-driven formulary and utilization policy.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC)
Australia’s HTA and reimbursement advisory body for PBS listing decisions, including esketamine (Spravato) assessment materials.
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
Scotland’s public HTA body issuing medicine acceptance guidance, including esketamine (Spravato) advice.
UnitedHealthcare
U.S. private payer with national provider-facing prior-authorization criteria for Spravato and medical policy criteria that include ketamine/esketamine use conditions.
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Pharmacy Benefits Management Services
U.S. Veterans Health Administration payer and formulary authority publishing criteria-for-use and national protocol documents for intranasal esketamine (Spravato).
Washington State Health Care Authority Health Technology Assessment Program
Washington State HTA program conducting evidence review that informs state coverage and utilization policy.
pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA)
Canadian pan-jurisdictional payer negotiation body that coordinates joint drug price negotiations for public plans, including completed negotiations for Spravato (esketamine).