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The State Journal From my University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy graduation, to beginning a new job at the Kentucky Pharmacists...

The California Medical Association's lawsuit alleges Aetna had fired or threatened to fire doctors who referred patients to...

All measures would require more transparency about the fees they collect MedPage Today Confused by all the bills being introduced in...

Marion Mass, MD, writes about how shadowy wealthy corporations have been collecting government sanctioned kickbacks for decades, harming...

To watch this investigative report on PBS, please click here PBS NewsHour Reporter: Fred de Sam Lazaro The supply chain that brings...

ABC 6 On Your Side, Columbus, Ohio Investigative Reporter: Darrel Rowland To view graphics and data for this investigative series, go to...

Modern Healthcare Reporter: NONA TEPPER Two Cigna members filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status in a California federal court on...

Vote withdraws 11 letters, reports supporting PBMs Industry group argues pharmacy benefit market is ‘dynamic’ Bloomberg Law The FTC voted...

Open Meeting July 20, 2023 Chairwoman Khan and Federal Trade Commissioners, On behalf of our nation’s independent pharmacies and their patients, we urge the FTC to vote in favor of issuing a statement cautioning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) against relying on previous FTC advocacy materials opposing PBM transparency as part of their public relations / image management campaign. Thanks in large part to the FTC’s inquiry into how vertically-integrated PBM middlemen affect

Policy from 2000s put PBMs in ‘regulatory free zone’ Push for oversight of the companies heats up Bloomberg Law The FTC on Thursday plans...

After years of buying and closing competitors, CVS understaffing leads to chaos and delays, Ohio regulator says Ohio Capitol Journal At...

American Economic Liberties Project During the first half of an oversight hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today, a bipartisan...

STAT News Reporters: Casey Ross and Bob Herman Frustration was boiling into open conflict within NaviHealth, a company that uses computer...

Modern Healthcare Reporter: LAUREN BERRYMAN Yet another congressional committee has advanced legislation aimed at bringing down...

Illinois Court Ruling Would Ultimately Harm Patients and Their Pharmacies Under “Unreasonable and Unconstitutional” Terms of Forced Arbitration WINSTON-SALEM, NC (July 5, 2023) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency ( PUTT ) today applauded Wisconsin Circuit Court, Branch II, for joining the California Court of Appeals in calling the forced arbitration clause of the form contract between OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit manager for UnitedHealth Group, and independent

STAT+ Employers across the country — from big names like Boeing and UPS to local school systems — pay consulting firms to handle a...

Real Clear Health More than 7 million US citizens depend on insulin to live, but more than 16 percent of Americans, are rationing their...

Vanderbilt’s Stacie Dusetzina and colleagues explain how the ‘copay adjustment’ programs work in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine and...

Inside Health Policy The group representing state insurance commissioners is seeking information from the Justice Department and Federal...

The New York Times The Times reported last month that drug shortages in the United States are approaching record levels, with thousands...