Bipartisan bill seeks to stop pharmacy middlemen from driving up drug costs for financial gain
Act" was unveiled by a group of bipartisan lawmakers Tuesday, aimed at reforming the incentive structure for Pharmacy Benefit ...
Employers Get Big Drug Discounts Through Program For Hospitals That Serve Poor Patients
Companies sell benefit plans to employers that lower prescription drug costs for workers by tapping a federal hospital ...
FTC Case Against Drug Middlemen in Limbo After Trump Firings (1)
President Donald Trump’s move to fire two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission leaves a question mark over the future of ...
Florida demands patient names, prescriptions from drug middlemen
The Office of Insurance Regulation is demanding the unusual trove of data from pharmacy benefit managers — health care ...
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What Companies Can Do To Address Prescription Drug Market Manipulation
If left unchecked, the power of PBMs and their complex relationships within the American healthcare system could lead to higher drug costs and diminished returns.
The drugstore industry is struggling. Here’s what could be in its future.
Nearly a third of the U.S. retail pharmacies that were open from 2010 to 2020 had shuttered by 2021, study finds.
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Optum Rx says it will eliminate 10% of prior authorizations
The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage authorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat ...
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Alabama Senate passes Community Pharmacy Relief Act
Republicans and Democrats said one bill will keep pharmacy middlemen, or PBM’s from undercutting local drug stores. “It’s ...
CT legislators take aim at high cost of prescription drugs. What to know.
Bill would rein in “pharmacy benefit managers,” or PBMs, which have come under fire for driving up prescription drug costs ...