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Lawsuit over reimbursement fees a factor in independent pharmacy struggles, expert says
TribLive In light of two local pharmacies shuttering their doors Wednesday, some are pointing to an ongoing federal lawsuit industry...
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Michigan’s Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act Takes Effect
Frier Levitt With the New Year underway, Pharmacies and Pharmacists throughout the country should be on the lookout for new laws taking...
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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find
Hospital ratings dive and medical errors rise when private equity firms are in charge. arsTechnica Private equity firms are increasingly...
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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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Delaware committee advises against Medicare Advantage for state retirees
Becker's Payer Issues A state committee is recommending Delaware cast aside any plans to provide retired state employees health benefits...
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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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PBMs Implement Sweeping Reimbursement Cuts and Ramp Up Audits
Pharmacy Practice News Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have responded to the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule...
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PBMs, telehealth, transparency lead Congress' 2024 to-do list
Modern Healthcare Presidential election years tend to be poor times to attempt major healthcare legislation, but Congress' failure to...
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A Reform Could Lower Prescription Drug Bills
DC Journal | Inside Sources Imagine you’re in charge of purchasing desks for your local school system. Your main negotiating leverage is...
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CMS asks health plans, PBMs to ease up on independent pharmacies
A new letter urges payers to put in place special payment arrangements with pharmacies before a new policy kicks in that could reduce how...
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Ted Okon: Pressure Is Mounting on PBMs
Activity to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) has started in the states and is trickling up to the federal level, said Ted Okon,...
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Why Drugs Are Disappearing From Your Insurance Coverage
Powerful companies are removing hundreds of medicines from insurance plans — and they’re spending millions to stop attempts at reform....
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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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Letter to the editor: Pass PBM reform
Billings Gazette For the millions of patients who, like me, rely on taking prescription medications regularly, the so-called business...
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VA pharmacies say low reimbursement rates keep them struggling to stay afloat
‘It’s gotten to the point where most pharmacies can’t function to a level that I would consider safe.’ Virginia Mercury “I’m crying at...
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Biden administration’s limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say
News Medical Life Sciences The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as...
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Senate Finance unanimously advances PBM, mental health bill
Axios Pro The Senate Finance Committee today unanimously advanced a broad legislative package addressing mental health, PBMs and Medicare...
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CVS disciplinary hearing before Ohio Board of Pharmacy begins
Pharmacy giant accused of safety problems due to understaffing Ohio Capitol Journal Things grew so bad at one severely understaffed CVS...
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Local pharmacies say they're struggling to afford GLP-1s
Endpoints News Harry Webb has seen a flurry of interest in popular weight loss drugs at his independent pharmacies in Indiana, but he...
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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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