Pharmacy Benefit Managers [PBMs] are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health ...

States may be getting ready to crack down even harder on pharmacy benefit managers. The National Association of Insurance ...

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Therefore, entities like insurance companies and TPAs often outsource the management of pharmacy benefits to one of the major PBMs. [27] TPAs are independent benefit contractors that work with ...

Pharmacy benefits managers have a tremendous impact on medication coverage. In my last article, which was devoted to the causes of dramatically rising prescription drug costs and potential ...

Abelson and Robbins found numerous instances where pharmacy benefit managers created a business environment inhospitable to many local independently-owned pharmacies. The reporters discovered ...

Good morning, and TGIF. With the 118th Congress winding down, what issues do you hope lawmakers will tackle next session? Send thoughts to [email protected]. Today’s edition: Vice ...

At the top of the list are pharmacy benefit managers and the roadblocks they create for patients to access and afford necessary medications. Fortunately, since my diagnosis of Sjogren's disease, there ...

Purpose: The difference between what pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs) charge prescription benefit plan sponsors and what dispensing pharmacies are paid ("spread") was studied.

One exception that enjoys bipartisan support, however, is the effort to rehab the drug supply chain. It’s currently dominated ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The New Year will bring a new law in Idaho looking to lower prescription drug prices for ...

In a July 2022 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, The Value of Pharmacy Benefits Management, University of Chicago Economics Professor Cases Mulligan concluded that PBMs generate ...