PBM Issues

Yahoo Finance Good morning. Fortune senior features writer Maria Aspan here, writing from New York City. I’ve spent the last few months...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2024 May 23rd Announcement Should Have Listed Cigna, Not PBM Express Scripts, in Agreement With CPESN to Cover Non-Prescription Clinical Services WINSTON-SALEM, NC  (May 31, 2024) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency ( TruthRx.org ) issued the following statement in response to a news release issued by pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts announcing a “collaboration” agreement with CPESN USA , the country’s first and largest

RealClear Health The Biden administration is moving forward with a process that represents a sea change in how Medicare pays for drugs....

“They have the power to create a monopolistic system, which is what they're doing,” says Loretta Boesing Riverfront Times Loretta...

WCBI CBS News The technicians at Chris’s Pharmacy in Columbus hardly ever stop, from opening until closing. There’s plenty of business....

Ohio Capital Journal Businessman and TV personality Mark Cuban has a seemingly straightforward question for the huge drug middleman owned...

National Consumers League | Blog Post A recent op-ed, “It’s Time for Facts in the PBM Debate” by the president of one of the nation’s...

McKnights Senior Living Long-term care resident access to prescription drugs is being squeezed as several market and regulatory factors...

The Partnership for Safe Medicines Whether it’s N95 masks, airbags, or helmets, demand for a product that the legitimate market cannot...

Yahoo! Finance Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are employing new strategies to squeeze independent pharmacies, even as the industry...

DRUG CHANNELS By Mark Cuban, Co-founder, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Why does my company—the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs...

STAT+ News The biggest enticement that large pharmacy benefit managers offer to the employers that hire them is drug rebates — a steady...

DC Journal | Inside Sources In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden doubled down on this commitment to decreasing...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2024 “UnitedHealth Group’s Lack of an Execution-Ready Back Up Plan to  Prevent Disruption to Patient Care is a Shocking Dereliction of Duty”  WASHINGTON, DC  (March 12, 2024) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency ( TruthRx.org ) released the following statement today regarding UnitedHealth Group’s failure to resolve predictable patient and provider access breakdowns following the February 21, 2024 cyber attack: “Over the last 21 days,

The hacking shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos that affected a broad spectrum ranging...

Yahoo News Wondering where he could get prescription diabetic shoes after his neighborhood Davidsville Mainline Pharmacy closes, Jim Carr...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2024 “Every day that passes without PBM reform is a day a community in America risks losing access to a pharmacy, its most readily available healthcare provider. ”  PHOENIX, AZ (February 27, 2024) – The Executive Board of Directors of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency ( PUTT ) issued the following statement after Congress’ decision to eliminate pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform provisions in the government’s latest funding pa

The Times-Tribune Dennis Czerw, owner of Parkway Pharmacy in Philadelphia, served 175 new customers in January. He was “astounded,” he...

HEALTH CARE un-covered Authors: WENDELL POTTER & BRIAN KLEPPER Consolidating and cornering health-care markets In November, Optum...