Bipartisan policies in Congress meant to lower drug costs by targeting middlemen in the pharmaceutical supply chain are likely to run up against a fundamental issue: the three major pharmacy benefit ...

The conclusion of the longest government shutdown in history and rising political acrimony rightly receives a great deal of attention but this focus makes it easy to overlook areas where beneficial ...

In a conversation hosted by DSN, EmpiRx Health CEO Danny Sanchez and EmpiRx Health President John Ridyard detailed how their mid-market PBM is gaining traction by putting pharmacists at the center of ...

Vertical integration and limited PBM competition can distort formulary placement incentives, enabling rebate-driven list price inflation while obscuring true net costs from employers, pharmacies, and ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Independent pharmacies across Illinois are breathing easier as the Illinois legislature throws a lifeline with a bipartisan bill reforming Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs.

While drug prices keep climbing, states like Arkansas target the only actors with the power to curb them: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). But by passing laws like Act 624, legislators risk doing the ...

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said last week that it’s expanding its investigation into the role of pharmacy benefit managers by seeking information about how they use foreign ...

If lawmakers want to make pharmaceuticals more affordable, they should look past populist policies like price controls that will only make matters worse and set their sights on reforming the Pharmacy ...

Some employers and health systems in North Carolina are looking to change how they manage prescription drug benefits for their employees. More employers are considering alternative pharmacy benefit ...