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Becker's Hospital Review12d
FTC chair joins PBM case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against major pharmacy benefit managers, including UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, CVS Health’s Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts, over insulin ...
Managed Healthcare Executive8d
CEOs defend their PBMs. Don’t believe it, says a critic
The CEOs of CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group praised pharmacy benefit managers and promised transparency during investor ...
STAT1d
Arkansas adopts first-in-the-nation law forcing companies to choose between running a PBM or pharmacies
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders has signed a first-in-the-nation law that prohibits PBMs from operating both retail and ...
Here's how the newly signed PBM law will impact pharmacies in Arkansas
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law banning Pharmacy Benefit Managers from owning both a pharmacy and a pharmacy license ...
The Desert Sun4d
California calls for ban to 'rein in' pharmacy benefit managers owning pharmacies. Here's why
Pharmacy benefit managers administer the prescription ... for hundreds of millions of Americans, according to a Federal Trade Commission report published last year. The Federal Trade Commission ...
BenefitsPRO12d
Senate committee calls on FTC to release eagerly awaited final prescription drug market report
Members voted to approve a bill that calls for the FTC to explain how to increase pharmaceutical supply chain competition and ...
Center for Biosimilars2d
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Bring Down Drug Prices
To help bring down sky-high drug prices, President Donald Trump signed an executive order pushing for faster biosimilar ...
Arkansas legislature passes bill to ban 'monopoly' PBMs from owning pharmacies in state
Arkansas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come together to file a bill that would stop pharmacy benefit managers—the middlemen who negotiate with insur ...