This story was originally published by KFF Health News. While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their ...
When a well-established local pharmacy can’t fill a prescription because doing so would cost the pharmacy money, it signals a ...
The US trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today launched new advertisements urging ...
Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) hosted a roundtable with independent pharmacists, pharmacy students and faculty ...
The middlemen are called pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs, and they have […] A federal antitrust watchdog is already conducting an investigation into and has filed a lawsuit against huge ...
One exception that enjoys bipartisan support, however, is the effort to rehab the drug supply chain. It’s currently dominated ...
The owner of one of the three largest pharmacy middlemen in the United States last month filed suit to quash an attempt by the Federal Trade Commission to investigate industry ...
Huge health conglomerates have another reason to worry that their business model might be disrupted. On a visit to Columbus, ...
At the top of the list are pharmacy benefit managers and the roadblocks they create ... there have been important efforts to rein in these middlemen who drive up costs for vulnerable patients. Current ...
The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) will host a roundtable discussion with independent pharmacists on Saturday, November 2, ...