top of page
Newswire
Search


8 in 10 registered voters support requiring insurance & PBMs to share rebates directly with patients
A new PhRMA/Ipsos poll finds that there is wide support for policies that require health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers...

PUTT
2 min read
20
2


Lawmakers ask GAO to probe pharmacy benefit managers over their role in drug pricing
STAT News Amid intensifying scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, a group of House Republicans is urging the U.S. Government...

PUTT
4 min read
41
0


Beat cancer? Your Medicare Advantage plan might still be billing for it
Firms mined patient records for outdated, irrelevant conditions to increase profits, Justice Department contends The Washington Post...

PUTT
11 min read
14
0


FTC Probe Into Rx Middlemen May Spark Industry Shakeup
Law360 Concerns that pharmaceutical middlemen inflate drug prices and harm patients have led the Federal Trade Commission to launch a...

PUTT
7 min read
51
0


Federal Trade Commission And Congress Want To Rein In PBMs
Forbes Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Congress want to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), as they focus on alleged...

PUTT
3 min read
29
2


Industry middlemen driving up prices of generic drug prescriptions as much as 20 percent: research
The Hill U.S. consumers are overpaying billions for generic drugs due to the cost being driven up by middlemen in the pharmaceutical...

PUTT
2 min read
31
0


Ohio Medicaid accused of strong-arm tactics on pharmacies, just like PBMs
The Columbus Dispatch Pharmacy deserts for the poorest and disabled Ohioans could grow unless a dispute over new state Medicaid contracts...

PUTT
4 min read
31
1


New Senate bill aims to empower FTC to crack down on PBMs
New bipartisan legislation hopes to ban a pharmacy benefit manager practice that enables PBMs to claw back reimbursements to pharmacies....

PUTT
2 min read
106
0


AHA presses for False Claims Act probes to target payers over Medicare Advantage denials
The Justice Department needs to create a task force to study potential False Claims Act violations conducted by Medicare Advantage plans,...

PUTT
2 min read
9
0


Senate Commerce Committee Issues Testimony From David A. Balto Law Offices Antitrust Attorney
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by David A. Balto, antitrust attorney at David...

PUTT
20 min read
19
0


Amneal must give EpiPen plaintiffs documents on PBM dealings
Judge finds documents relevant to drug wholesalers' case over allergy injector pricing Reuters Drug wholesalers accusing Viatris Inc and...

PUTT
1 min read
22
0


Improve the Pharmaceutical Ecosystem for Patients
Health care policy decisions based on sound data and research are essential for addressing the challenges. Pharmacy Times Pharmacists are...

PUTT
4 min read
15
0


Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs
Insurance Journal Arkansas’s attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the...

PUTT
1 min read
23
0


Seven health insurance CEOs raked in a record $283 million last year
STAT News The CEOs of America’s seven largest publicly traded health insurance and services companies cumulatively earned more than $283...

PUTT
4 min read
22
1


Massachusetts scrutinizing health care consolidation
A study of vertical integration trends in the state found that it drove primary care prices to increase by as much as 12%. Benefits Pro...

PUTT
2 min read
17
0


Biden plan to slash pharmacy fees, cut seniors' out-of-pocket costs delayed until 2024
The Columbus Dispatch Millions of U.S. seniors were supposed to get price relief soon on their prescription drugs under a revamp of...

PUTT
4 min read
23
0


Louisiana sues health care company over practices under investigation in Ohio
Legal document says UnitedHealth inflated drugs by “billions” Ohio Capital Journal Louisiana is suing health care giant UnitedHealth over...

PUTT
3 min read
26
1


How a Formulary Change and a Few Tweets Led to a HIPAA Complaint
Patient and patient advocate Beth Waldron used her social media platform to criticize CVS Caremark’s removal of Eliquis (apixaban) from...

PUTT
7 min read
66
0


Prospect of lower fees for prescription drugs could be dashed by new maneuver from PBMs
The Columbus Dispatch A few months ago, proposed federal action to reduce fees on prescription drugs used by millions of older Americans...

PUTT
6 min read
27
0


CEO of upstart PBM: What CVS, Cigna and other PBMs are doing in drug pricing is neither sustainable
A.J. Loiacono was speaking at MedCity INVEST in late March in Chicago when an audience member requested him to address whether it is...

PUTT
5 min read
25
0
We Need Your Support Today!
bottom of page