Policymakers at the federal and state level have considered a number of reforms, many of which have bipartisan support, to ...

Companies such as Rescription, MakoRx and Liviniti sell benefit plans giving employers steep discounts for costly ...

Ed Kaplan, the national health practice leader at Segal, also has concerns about "any willing provider" strategies.

Amid growing concerns over rising prescription drug prices, lawmakers are ramping up efforts to scrutinize pharmacy benefit managers, Fox affiliate WBFF reported Feb. 26. Here are four things to ...

In the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy benefit managers, otherwise knowns as PBMs, make big money by being the middlemen.

Some drug market experts, however, doubt the ERISA lawsuits will succeed. Complex PBM money channels “make it hard to build a case,” said Stacie Dusetzina, a professor of health policy at ...

about why it is that PBMs exist, we create competition amongst ... formularies and other mechanisms to help our clients save money, utilize utilization management tools, and other tools to do ...

“[PBMs and pharma companies] are two rent-seeking ... “They’re instead pouring lots of money into lobbyists to try to make money by pleasing members of Congress rather than consumers.” ...

The bill, which encompasses the recommendations of a task force, would regulate pharmacy benefit managers and increase price ...