The hidden truth behind rising prescription costs
NBC News 12 Wisconsin The only pharmacy in St Germain closed last month. It had been there for more than 40 years. The reason why it went...
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Local pharmacy owner, patient share concerns over relationships between PBMs and insurance companies
Fox News 2 For nearly 30 years, Betty Whitcomb’s trusted this independently owned pharmacy in Overland for her pills. “He just lets me...
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1 big thing: Employers in the dark
Axios Vitals Employers are facing stronger legal requirements to ensure they aren't wasting their workers' money on overpriced health...
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Small Business Needs PBM Reform Now
RealClear Health Small businesses -- your favorite local coffee shop, boutique, salon and florist -- punch way above their weight in the...
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PBMs Implement Sweeping Reimbursement Cuts and Ramp Up Audits
Actions add a dour note to the new year Pharmacy Practice News Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have responded to the new Centers for...
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Have You Been Overcharged for Prescription Drugs? We Want to Hear From You.
The New York Times is looking into pharmacy benefit managers, which play crucial roles in determining which medications your insurance...
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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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Nearly half of every dollar spent by Medicare drug plans goes to private health insurers' pharmacy benefit managers and wholesalers
Healthcare UN-Covered by Wendell Potter As members of Congress get back to business after the holidays, they seem to be poised to pass...
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Pharmacies fear New Year’s financial squeeze from Biden administration rule
STAT+ The Biden administration seemed to be giving pharmacies a win when they forced pharmacy benefit managers to be more up-front about...
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NYC Transit Retirees WIN Important Battle Against Medicare Advantage Push
TWU Local 100 retirees fighting to retain their traditional Medicare Benefits were dismissed back in October — this week, they won a...
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UnitedHealth, OptumRx sued by independent pharmacy over ‘unconscionable’ fees
Osterhaus Pharmacy in Iowa is also behind a similar suit against CVS Caremark. Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: UnitedHealth and its pharmacy...
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Pharma has little visibility into the growing area of PBM fees
Lack of consistent insight into PBM service fees puts drugmakers at a disadvantage when calculating prices. MM+M | Medical Marketing &...
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The looming pharmacy crisis in America | NPR's On Point
To listen to this news interview on NPR, click here Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point....
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Reforming PBM Practices Would Improve The Pharmacy Market
Forbes Patients, the ultimate healthcare arbiter, continue to bear the costs from the perverse incentives driving the pharmacy benefit...
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How Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them
Oregon Live | Business When a stubborn pain in Nick van Terheyden’s bones would not subside, his doctor had a hunch what was wrong....
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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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Ohio pharmacy board members seem skeptical of CVS claims
Ohio Capital Journal A disciplinary hearing related to understaffing at some CVS pharmacies in Ohio didn’t come to a conclusion...
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Study Highlights PBMs’ Role in Drug Prices
An analysis by 3 Axis Advisors has found that there is a large variability in pharmacy reimbursement of prescription drugs depending on...
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How the secrecy of middlemen inflates drug prices
The Hill Most Americans believe drugs cost too much and big pharma is to blame. That powerful political sentiment undergirds Medicare’s...
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Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right
Beckers Hospital Review Reporter: Jakob Emerson Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors,...
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