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the Martin Mars will be far from the only flying boat at the museum, which is already home to the last surviving example of a ...
This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced four new bills related to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and Food and Drug Administration reforms. This follows ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ health committee grilled a panel of PBM and pharmaceutical executives Wednesday in preparation for a vote on PBM legislation, expected Thursday. The three biggest PBMs ...
There are major packages on so-called PBM reform percolating in at least six different congressional committees. Most have bipartisan support, and there seems to be genuine momentum to do something.
Secret price negotiations and hidden corners of each PBM-linked corporation make it hard to track where the money ends up. Other sectors of health care are alarmed by the power of the PBMs and are ...
As I discussed in a previous column, the past few decades of unchecked consolidation across the healthcare industry has dramatically changed the PBM landscape. The FTC’s report cites analysis of ...
Discussed below are some of the most common contractual provisions that plan fiduciaries and benefits advisors must know to avoid and/or expose a self-serving PBM. The buzz surrounding the class ...
A Delaware-based pro-PBM lobbying group, Conservatives for Lower Care Costs, took out local ads on airways and social media urging lawmakers to vote the bill down. A House committee on Tuesday ...
But PBM legislation was not floated as part of the deal, and proponents inside and outside of Congress are pushing to bring those bills to the forefront. "There was wide agreement to be able to do ...
Pharmacy benefit manager reform is included in a larger-than-anticipated healthcare package, but the PBM lobby is fighting the legislation at the eleventh hour. Lawmakers appear to have agreed to ...
and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were blocked Friday from passing a package of health policies, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry that was left out of December’s ...
PBM insourcing is the process by which a health plan or employer brings pharmacy benefit management functions in-house to gain greater control, transparency, and flexibility over their pharmacy ...