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Pharmacy/Independent Pharmacy


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


PUTT Blog | Bravo to American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. for Calling On “Big 3” PBMs’ Largest Investor to Use Its Influence To Restrain PBM Economically Damaging Practices
This week American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) took a bold step in the ongoing campaign for PBM reform: they openly called on Vanguard Inc., the largest investor of in the parent companies of the “Big 3” pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), to use its influence to curtail their PBMs’ abuse of patients and pharmacies. “As one of the largest investors in United Healthcare, CVS, and Cigna, Vanguard is in a unique position to help effectuate real and meaningful change on beh
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May 25, 20232 min read


Report: “Specialty” drugs are by far the most expensive, but classification seems arbitrary
Ohio Capital Journal The prescriptions with the most eye-popping price tags — like cancer meds that can cost more than $20,000 a month —...
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May 18, 20234 min read


Patients Lose Access to Free Medicines Amid Spat Between Drugmakers, Health Plans
Pharmaceutical companies have cut financial assistance to thwart health-plan tactics The Wall Street Journal It is getting tougher for...
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May 4, 20234 min read


The Implications of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Prioritizing Profit Over Patients
HCP Live Click Here to Watch the Video of Juliana Reed's Talk Juliana Reed, MS, executive director of the Biosimilars Forum, discussed...
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Apr 14, 20232 min read


What is transparency? 6 things to look for in a PBM contract
Apparently, everyone is for transparency now. So why do employers and their brokers still struggle to understand prescription drug...
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Apr 12, 20236 min read


Move the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 forward
CT Mirror “I cannot afford to live.” – Patients are screaming at the outrageous prescription drug costs. The U.S. spends three times more...
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Apr 11, 20233 min read


Prescription drug middlemen are bad for patients, crushing indy pharmacies
Minnesota Reformer Kemper Drug in Elk River recently closed its doors for the last time after having served the community for over 70...
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Apr 6, 20234 min read


National Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Congressional Efforts to Hold PBMs Accountable
Bipartisan Respondents Strongly Favor Policies that Require PBMs to Provide Value and Lower Drug Costs PBM Accountability Project With...
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Mar 30, 20232 min read


Senate Commerce approves PBM transparency bill
Axios Pro The Senate Commerce Committee approved the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act Wednesday on an 18-9 vote. Why...
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Mar 22, 20232 min read


MN pharmacies in crisis: Pharmacists push for bill to change prescription payment business model
KIMT3 News Reporter: Annalise Johnson “We care about every part of your healthcare and your life. We do our best for that. We do more...
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Mar 21, 20234 min read


Court of Appeal affirms that Optum’s arbitration requirements are unenforceable
Rx Healthcare Law Author: Natalia Mazina The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District has just affirmed the holding of a...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read


The List of PBM Formulary Exclusions Got Longer in 2023
Pharmacy benefit managers say they exclude high-cost drugs and have alternatives on their formularies. Critics say exclusions narrow...
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Mar 13, 20233 min read


Patients Caught in Drug Industry, PBM Battle on Copay Assistance
CMS rule leaves high out-of-pocket costs, lawsuit argues Aid programs ‘mask’ problem of prices, analysts say Bloomberg Law High drug...
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Mar 6, 20235 min read


Pharmacy-benefit managers could face more SD regs
Keloland Capitol News Bureau Pharmacists would be at less of a disadvantage on business arrangements such as prescription-drug prices...
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Mar 3, 20232 min read


OK Commissioner Mulready sets record straight about changes to prescription program
The Duncan Banner The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has become aware of inaccurate and misleading communications affecting Oklahoma...
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Mar 2, 20232 min read


Congress Investigates How Pharma Middlemen Affect Drug Prices
Panel asks CVS Caremark and other pharmacy-benefit managers about fees The Wall Street Journal House Republicans have launched an...
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Mar 1, 20233 min read


The lunacy of 340B and Medicare’s inability to negotiate drug prices
Why do we mandate a better deal for business than for taxpayers? Health Care un-covered by Wendell Potter When you combine Medicare’s...
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Feb 22, 20235 min read


Corporations try to kill Oklahoma rule that aims to keep prescription temperatures safe
A pharmacy rule pending in Oklahoma could be the first in the nation to tighten safety on temperature exposure for mailed medications,...
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Feb 18, 20235 min read
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