What Are PBMs? Chuck Grassley Presses RFK Jr. On Accountability For Pharmacy Benefit Managers At Confirmation Hearing
President Trump's nominee for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was questioned harshly by both Democrats and ...
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PBM Prime Therapeutics to Pay $10 Million Antitrust Case Over Price-Fixing Scheme with Express Scripts, Inc.
In a recent antitrust arbitration ruling, Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by 19 Blue Cross and ...
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Express Scripts takes new steps to improve transparency, address affordability
Pharmacy benefit management giant Express Scripts unveiled several steps it's taking to boost transparency and mitigate high ...
Only an act of Congress can stop pharmacy monopolies, Sen. Lankford says
Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without ...
Cigna taking steps to lower out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs
Cigna Group plans to make changes to help lower out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs, the company said on Wednesday, as ...
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FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging, PBMs, UnitedHealth OptumRx, CVS Caremark Rx, Express Scripts ...
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New Senate HELP chair lists pharmacy benefit manager reform as a top priority
La., said the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee should also increase gig worker access to portable ...
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Cigna plans to limit out-of-pocket drug costs for patients
It’s the latest step from pharmacy benefit managers to respond to relentless criticism from politicians and regulators over ...
Bitter pill: Pharmacy staff shortages, erratic hours are putting Oklahomans at risk
Walgreens and CVS were engaged in a war nationwide, building stores as close to each other as possible, often on opposite ...
Pharma is hopeful about Trump's second term — here's what to expect for drugmakers
Drugmakers hope to see efforts that focus more on cracking down on pharmacy benefit managers while promoting drug innovation ...
Maine health groups push for law to protect access to discount drug program
Health care advocates are supporting legislation to protect access to a federal discount drug program considered critical to community health centers and programs that serve rural and underserved ...
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Virginia takes aim at pharmacy benefit managers in Medicaid overhaul
Pharmacy benefits managers act as intermediaries between health plans, drug manufacturers and pharmacies, but their lack of transparency has raised concerns. PBMs retain rebates and discounts from ...