top of page
Newswire
Search


White House Roundtable on Lowering Healthcare Costs and Bringing Transparency to Prescription Drug Middlemen
ICYMI: Watch It Now

PUTT
1 min read
28 views
0 comments


Scoop: Congress eyes narrow health package
Axios Pro Only a handful of health care provisions that mostly extend existing programs are likely to catch a ride on the next government...

PUTT
2 min read
39 views
1 comment


Coalition of AGs wants congressional action to reform pharmacy benefit managers
Augusta Free Press A bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general is encouraging Congress to take decisive action to reform the way...

PUTT
2 min read
45 views
3 comments


Bill would save Kentucky consumers money, help independent pharmacies survive, says sponsor
Kentucky Lantern Four years after leading the effort to cut corporate middlemen out of the prescription drug business for Kentucky’s...

PUTT
2 min read
36 views
1 comment


Strange bedfellows agree: PBM pricing reform cannot stop at Medicare, Medicaid
HEALTH CARE un-covered by Wendell Potter Regular readers of this newsletter know that pharmacy benefit managers have come to be an...

PUTT
3 min read
53 views
0 comments


How PBM legislation would transform the industry
Modern Healthcare The pharmacy benefit manager industry could look a lot different soon if Congress follows through with bipartisan...

PUTT
4 min read
69 views
2 comments


Feds drop appeal in drug copay assistance case
Modern Healthcare The federal government has dropped its appeal of a court decision that could affect health insurance companies' use of...

PUTT
2 min read
36 views
0 comments


Delaware committee advises against Medicare Advantage for state retirees
Becker's Payer Issues A state committee is recommending Delaware cast aside any plans to provide retired state employees health benefits...

PUTT
1 min read
22 views
0 comments


Tenth Circuit Decision on Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Remains in Place As Oklahoma Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
Duane Morris Law A decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which found that several provisions of an...

PUTT
3 min read
25 views
0 comments


California fines Anthem Blue Cross for slow provider payments
Becker's Payer Issues The California Department of Managed Health fined Anthem Blue Cross of California $690,000 for failure to reimburse...

PUTT
1 min read
24 views
1 comment


The House passed its health bill. How's the Senate doing?
Axios Pro The House's passage of its big health care transparency bill this week shifts the focus to the Senate, which will have to work...

PUTT
2 min read
20 views
0 comments


House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package
STAT News The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday, an end-of-year victory after the same policies had to be...

PUTT
2 min read
45 views
2 comments


E&C approves PBM, Medicare coverage bills
Axios Pro The House Energy and Commerce Committee teed up a series of health bills for floor votes during a marathon markup on Wednesday...

PUTT
2 min read
32 views
0 comments


Sen. Warren finally wises up to the 'unintended consequences' of a key Obamacare rule
Blaze Media Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is finally acknowledging some of the "unintended consequences" of Obamacare, according to the...

PUTT
2 min read
47 views
0 comments


Senate Finance Committee targets PBM reform in new legislation
The bill (which passed unanimously) would introduce more transparency and regulation to PBMs, and pharmacies would be required to report...

PUTT
3 min read
36 views
0 comments


Biden's limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say
CBS News The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug...

PUTT
5 min read
118 views
0 comments


Key Senate panel to consider PBM, drug pricing reform package
STAT+ A key Senate panel announced it will consider more policies to regulate pharmacy middlemen and ensure patients aren’t paying more...

PUTT
3 min read
21 views
1 comment


HHS 'copay accumulator' rule struck down: Insurers must now count copay assistance
In a big victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, a federal judge struck down a 2021 HHS rule that allowed health insurers...

PUTT
3 min read
35 views
0 comments


Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
STAT+ A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not to count copay assistance offered by drug...

PUTT
4 min read
38 views
0 comments


PBMs sue U.S. to keep prescription drug prices hidden from public
Industry group says rule exceeds agencies' authority Lawsuit is latest of several to challenge drug pricing rules Reuters Reporter:...

PUTT
2 min read
67 views
0 comments
We Need Your Support Today!
bottom of page