Health centers call for discount drug program changes
Axios Community health centers are joining forces with drug manufacturers today to call for changes to the government's discount drug...
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LIPA News and Updates
Patients Caught in Drug Industry, PBM Battle on Copay Assistance
CMS rule leaves high out-of-pocket costs, lawsuit argues Aid programs ‘mask’ problem of prices, analysts say Bloomberg Law High drug...
House inquiry intensifies pressure on PBMs
Modern Healthcare A key House panel has joined the chorus of critics railing against pharmacy benefit managers, increasing government...
How Lilly’s cuts will affect other efforts to lower insulin prices; pharma rebukes U.K.over clawback
STAT+ Pharmalot And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our...
Health Insurer Financial Performance in 2021
KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION The COVID pandemic has disrupted longstanding trends in health spending, utilization, and employment, and...
Oklahoma Insurance Department clarifies ‘misinformation’ spread about prescription program
Oklahoma News 4 The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) says inaccurate and misleading information has been given to some consumers after...
Pharmacists Need to Step Up Their Communications Game
Strategies to enhance patient relationships include teach-back method, providing follow-up information. Pharmacy Times Evidence shows...
Senators question why PBMs 'even exist' in heated hearing amid push for reform
Witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday said PBM anti-competitive practices like clawback fees are putting them out of business. Fierce...
NASP Sends Out Grassroots Call To Pharmacists
Specialty Pharmacy Continuum The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) has scored several advocacy victories in the past...
Corporations try to kill OK rule that aims to keep medicine by mail from getting too hot or too cold
A pharmacy rule pending in Oklahoma could be the first in the nation to tighten safety on temperature exposure for mailed medications,...
Patients needing home IV nutrition fear dangerous shortages
The Washington Post The fear started when patients saw their nurses and dietitians posting job searches on LinkedIn. Word spread to...
Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approves new rules for shipping mail-order medications
Oklahoma KFOR News The Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approved new rules Wednesday that would regulate how Oklahomans receive...
FTC orders GoodRx to stop sharing users’ health data with advertisers, issues $1.5M fine
Agency officials said they’re putting the market on watch with the action against GoodRx. Healthcare Dive The Federal Trade Commission is...
Senators introduced bills to reform PBMs and create new FTC probe
Fierce Healthcare Two top senators have reintroduced legislation that would introduce several reforms to pharmacy benefit managers,...
The Government Thinks It Is Overpaying for Medicare, Spelling Trouble for Insurers
Health insurers had a stellar 2022, but this year looks more challenging The Wall Street Journal Health insurers had the best of both...
UnitedHealth's Optum gets FDA warning letter over 'serious deficiencies' at infusion facility
The agency cited a presence of vermin at drug compounding site in Arizona. StarTribune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a...
'Just Say No' to the Medication Switches
It's time to stop letting insurers dictate what we can prescribe to our patients MedPage Today No. Just no. As the start of the new year...
Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Federal Trade Commission: A Relationship Gone Sour
JAMA Authors: Barak D. Richman, JD, PhD1; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS2 On June 7, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its...
The Big Three PBMs’ 2023 Formulary Exclusions: Observations on Insulin, Humira, and Biosimilars
Drug Channels Adam J. Fein, PhD For 2023, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts...
State rep. asks Legislative Auditor to review OGB & Caremark PCS Health contract
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Dist. 27) believes action taken to enter in contract “illegal,” “should be voided” KALB News 5 State Rep. Mike...
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