Opinion: Pharmacy benefit management – The prescription benefit “shell game”?
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Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers are a roadblock to affordable medications
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 ...
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Pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies to duel in Denver
States may be getting ready to crack down even harder on pharmacy benefit managers. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will be giving member regulators a crash course on PBM policy ...
The Repository9d
LETTERS: Lawmakers must stop pharmacy benefit managers’ harmful practices
However, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) often interfere, pushing independent pharmacies into unfair contracts that threaten their businesses. These contracts frequently force pharmacies to ...
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager math: Big chains paid $23.55 to fill a blood pressure Rx. Small drugstores paid $1.51
Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...
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Kansas City pharmacies are closing, and pharmacy benefit managers are a big reason why
Experts say pharmacy benefit managers are what's driving drugstores out of business. Carol Vaughan, a 62-year-old uninsured patient in Kansas City, said it was "difficult" after the Duchesne ...
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Pharmacy Owner says pharmacy closures pose major risk to patient access
The Iowa Pharmacy Association blames middlemen that are called Pharmacy Benefit Managers. If a pharmacy accepts insurance, which is almost all patients, they have to deal with Pharmacy Benefit ...
WiscNews5d
Hometown Pharmacy closing 5 Wisconsin stores after shuttering 6 since last year
said the low payments for drugs by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, and requirements that many patients use mail order or chain pharmacies are the main reasons for shuttering the stores.
The Washington Post20d
Pharmacy benefit managers are under fire. What do their lobbyists say?
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 ...