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Meet CVS: Emotionally Abusive Schoolyard Bully
PUTTRx Medium
October 15, 2020 The schoolyard bully doesn’t like it when the other kids finally stand up for themselves. Such was the case this week when CVS Health posted a 4-paragraph response to losing the $400 million State of Louisiana employee and retiree pharmacy benefits contract. With zero irony, the largest health company in the U.S. complained on their LinkedIn page: “By inserting themselves in the state’s process of selecting a firm to manage prescription drug coverage … special interest groups representing Louisiana’s independent pharmacists attempted to line their own pockets at the expense of the state’s taxpayers, employees, and retirees …" Continue Reading |
ACROSS THE NATION
HHS Finalizes Rules to Nix Part D Rebate Safe Harbor, Tie Part B Prices to Foreign Countries
Fierce Healthcare
November 20, 2020 The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that gets rid of the safe harbor shielding Medicare Part D rebates from the anti-kickback statute and a rule that will tie certain Medicare Part B drug prices to those paid by countries overseas. Trump called for both rules to be published during a flurry of executive orders back in September. The rebate rule is expected to generate significant pushback from providers, payers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) that say it will harmfully impact seniors' access to cheaper drugs. Continue Reading |
Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) is a non-profit advocacy organization founded by independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners devoted to exposing the truth about the anti-competitive tactics of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) - drug benefits plan providers whose unregulated, secretive practices drive up prescription costs and annually waste hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
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