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Tenth Circuit Decision on Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Remains in Place As Oklahoma Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
Duane Morris Law A decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which found that several provisions of an...
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Jan 15, 20243 min read
California fines Anthem Blue Cross for slow provider payments
Becker's Payer Issues The California Department of Managed Health fined Anthem Blue Cross of California $690,000 for failure to reimburse...
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Jan 8, 20241 min read
The House passed its health bill. How's the Senate doing?
Axios Pro The House's passage of its big health care transparency bill this week shifts the focus to the Senate, which will have to work...
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Dec 14, 20232 min read
House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package
STAT News The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday, an end-of-year victory after the same policies had to be...
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Dec 12, 20232 min read
E&C approves PBM, Medicare coverage bills
Axios Pro The House Energy and Commerce Committee teed up a series of health bills for floor votes during a marathon markup on Wednesday...
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Dec 11, 20232 min read
PBM Accountability Project, Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency, and Nearly 50 Other Stakeholder Organizations Urge Congress to Pass PBM Reforms
"The predatory impact of PBM practices is extensively documented in the public record. And it is felt every day at pharmacy counters by millions of Americans who cannot afford their medicines. The time to deliver real results is now." November 28, 2023 Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce 2188 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Frank Pallone Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce 2107 Rayburn Ho
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Nov 28, 20235 min read
Sen. Warren finally wises up to the 'unintended consequences' of a key Obamacare rule
Blaze Media Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is finally acknowledging some of the "unintended consequences" of Obamacare, according to the...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
Senate Finance Committee targets PBM reform in new legislation
The bill (which passed unanimously) would introduce more transparency and regulation to PBMs, and pharmacies would be required to report...
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Nov 16, 20233 min read
Biden's limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say
CBS News The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug...
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Nov 14, 20235 min read
Key Senate panel to consider PBM, drug pricing reform package
STAT+ A key Senate panel announced it will consider more policies to regulate pharmacy middlemen and ensure patients aren’t paying more...
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Nov 7, 20233 min read
HHS 'copay accumulator' rule struck down: Insurers must now count copay assistance
In a big victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, a federal judge struck down a 2021 HHS rule that allowed health insurers...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
STAT+ A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not to count copay assistance offered by drug...
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Oct 5, 20234 min read
PBMs sue U.S. to keep prescription drug prices hidden from public
Industry group says rule exceeds agencies' authority Lawsuit is latest of several to challenge drug pricing rules Reuters Reporter:...
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Aug 17, 20232 min read
Guest Columnist: Congress must rein in bad actors to keep Ky.'s independent pharmacies alive
The State Journal From my University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy graduation, to beginning a new job at the Kentucky Pharmacists...
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Aug 12, 20233 min read
Congress Making Progress on Bills to Regulate PBMs
All measures would require more transparency about the fees they collect MedPage Today Confused by all the bills being introduced in...
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Aug 8, 20235 min read
Congress Voices Bipartisan Support for FTC’s Fight Against Monopoly Power
American Economic Liberties Project During the first half of an oversight hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today, a bipartisan...
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Jul 14, 20235 min read
House committee approves PBM transparency bills
Modern Healthcare Reporter: LAUREN BERRYMAN Yet another congressional committee has advanced legislation aimed at bringing down...
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Jul 13, 20233 min read
Bills intended to help Oregon pharmacies caught up in walkout
Lawmakers began regulating pharmacy benefit managers in 2015, but the state has never issued an enforcement action The Lund Report Every...
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May 31, 20238 min read
Bipartisan support on key panel for crackdown on pharmaceutical middlemen
The Washington Examiner Members of both parties on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability expressed support for the...
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May 30, 20233 min read
US Officials Probe a New Layer in Opaque Drug Pricing, Supply System
Round of subpoenas is the latest attempt to pierce industry Entities allow PBMs to ‘hide the ball,’ consultant says Bloomberg US...
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May 23, 20234 min read
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