House Republicans have abandoned language to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry from a new government funding bill released late Thursday. Leaders earlier this week agreed to PBM ...
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have abandoned an effort to include reforms to pharmacy benefit managers in an end-of-year bill to fund the federal government. Congressional leaders had reached ...
Ron Wyden says Elon Musk, an advisor to President Donald Trump who's on track to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, pushed the PBM provisions out of the package. The new American ...
“PBM tactics inflate American’s prescription drug costs, force pharmacy closures, and block access to Americans’ pharmacies of choice. The work done by Congress in the 118th Congress and in ...
The health portion contains pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) industry reforms, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorizations of legislation to prevent pandemics and address ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about business model strategy and execution across healthcare. On the heels of the FTC’s investigation into pharmacy benefit ...
Congress and regulating agencies including the FTC and HHS scrutinized PBM business practices and related profits. As a new Congress prepares to be seated, this topic remains an important part of ...
One section would require a PBM serving a large fully insured or large self-insured employer health plan to pass 100% of any prescription drug rebates or other discounts on to an employer plan's ...
UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) and CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) shares sold off on Monday after Trump criticized the PBM industry over its role in high drug prices in the U.S. "We are going to knock out the ...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers — including a member of the state’s congressional delegation — is pushing for passage of PBM reform legislation before the end of the year. PBMs, or pharmacy ...