UnitedHealth’s plan to defend its PBM: 5 things to know
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Optum Rx will pass 100% of the rebates it negotiates for drugs onto its
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PBM Industry
How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices
(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that
Read MorePBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
(By Andy Miller for KFF Health News) CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions
Read MoreFeds to investigate integrated Part D plans, PBMs
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS’ Office of Inspector General will investigate the impact of vertically integrated Medicare
Read MoreTop PBMs by 2023 market share
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Three pharmacy benefit managers accounted for nearly 80% of all prescription claims handled
Read MoreBiden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say
(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit
Read MoreSenate committee plans Nov. 8 vote on wide-ranging health care package
By John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote Nov. 8 on
Read MoreWait, What’s a PBM?
(By Dan Weissmann for KFF Health News) You might wonder, wait, what’s a PBM exactly? And also, why am I
Read MoreWhat to know about the drug price fight in those TV ads
(By Arthur Allen for NPR) In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves. Perhaps by
Read MoreA More Aggressive FTC Is Starting to Target Drug Mergers and Industry Middlemen
(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Under the leadership of an aggressive opponent of anti-competitive business practices, the Federal
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