PBM Issues

Actions add a dour note to the new year Pharmacy Practice News Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have responded to the new Centers for...

The New York Times is looking into pharmacy benefit managers, which play crucial roles in determining which medications your insurance...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 2024 Governor’s Plan Includes Ending Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practice of Overcharging for Prescriptions, Ensuring No One is Forced to Choose Between Life-saving Medicine and Rent WINSTON-SALEM, NC (January 9, 2024) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) applauds Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs for her plan to bring soaring prescription drug prices under control by regulating how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) establish the pric

Becker's Payer Issues The California Department of Managed Health fined Anthem Blue Cross of California $690,000 for failure to reimburse...

Healthcare UN-Covered by Wendell Potter As members of Congress get back to business after the holidays, they seem to be poised to pass...

STAT+ The Biden administration seemed to be giving pharmacies a win when they forced pharmacy benefit managers to be more up-front about...

TWU Local 100 retirees fighting to retain their traditional Medicare Benefits were dismissed back in October — this week, they won a...

Osterhaus Pharmacy in Iowa is also behind a similar suit against CVS Caremark. Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: UnitedHealth and its pharmacy...

Lack of consistent insight into PBM service fees puts drugmakers at a disadvantage when calculating prices. MM+M | Medical Marketing &...

To listen to this news interview on NPR, click here Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point....

Forbes Patients, the ultimate healthcare arbiter, continue to bear the costs from the perverse incentives driving the pharmacy benefit...

Oregon Live | Business When a stubborn pain in Nick van Terheyden’s bones would not subside, his doctor had a hunch what was wrong....

CBS News The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug...

Ohio Capital Journal A disciplinary hearing related to understaffing at some CVS pharmacies in Ohio didn’t come to a conclusion...

An analysis by 3 Axis Advisors has found that there is a large variability in pharmacy reimbursement of prescription drugs depending on...

The Hill Most Americans believe drugs cost too much and big pharma is to blame. That powerful political sentiment undergirds Medicare’s...

Beckers Hospital Review Reporter: Jakob Emerson Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors,...

COURT: Haw. Dist. Ct. DOCKET: No. 1CCV-23-0001281 Bloomberg Law Hawaii has joined the legal fray against the country’s top companies...

Axios Community pharmacies in a new lawsuit claim CVS Health and its Caremark pharmacy benefit manager violated antitrust laws and...

WAND News Two local pharmacies have been fielding dozens of phone calls after a pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, sent out...