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COA 2022 PBM Dirty Tricks Exposé Report
New Report from the Community Oncology Alliance studies "How PBMs Adversely Impact Cancer Care While Profiting at the Expense of...
Feb 18, 2022
PBMS: WHEN YOU’RE BUYING MEDS THEY GET THE REBATES, YOU GET THE SHAFT
Last week a pharmaceutical industry expert named Antonio Ciaccia, testified in front of the Indiana General Assembly about a bill that...
Jan 28, 2022
Trends in Pricing and Out-of-Pocket Spending on Entecavir Among Commercially Insured Patients
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) causes significant liver-related morbidity and mortality. Treatment of CHB is cost-effective in the US;...
Jan 21, 2022
How Build Back Better Could be Even Better | Opinion
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin recently announced he won't support the current version of the Build Back Better Act. When they heard...
Jan 19, 2022
THIS is why your prescription drugs cost so much!
The entities charged with negotiating better drug prices for consumers are pocketing the savings for themselves. Antonio Ciaccia,...
Jan 12, 2022
A proposal to reform the pharmacy benefit manager system
The doctor or practitioner writes the prescription, you take it to the pharmacy, and you get the medication you need. Simple, right? You...
Jan 5, 2022
Pharmacy benefit accountability report
Pharmacy Benefit Managers are companies that manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurers. But a new report finds they may be...
Dec 7, 2021
Report: PBM Gross Profits Rose 12% From 2017-2019
Pharmaceutical middlemen saw gross profits increase by 12% from 2017 to 2019, according to a report by the PBM Accountability Project ....
Dec 6, 2021
New Report Shows PBMs Are Increasing Costs for Patients and the Health Care System
Misaligned Incentives Allowed PBM Gross Profit to Grow 12% in Just Two Years MEDIA CONTACT: Mike Kapsa 443-333-9769...
Dec 2, 2021
Evening Edition: Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Their Role In The Drug Supply Chain
If you have health insurance the chances are high that it is managed by a ‘Pharmacy Benefit Manager’. PBM’s are connectors between drug...
Nov 21, 2021
Guest Opinion: Costly PBM drug pricing tactics impede the pursuit of health equity
Most everyone knows the story of Robin Hood who stole from the rich to give to the poor. But what do you call someone who picks the...
Jul 20, 2021
It’s Time for Drug Middlemen to Own Up and Pass the Savings to Consumers
An economic threat that consumers have not had to worry about for quite some time – inflation – may become a reality. From groceries to...
Jul 19, 2021
A Lehigh County, PA, audit identified $1.4M in lost savings as a result of wasteful PBM contract
"Even with substantive communication and (county-owned) data restrictions, we were able to quantify over $1.4 million in savings: During...
Jan 27, 2021
Editorial: A reckoning is coming for PBMs
Earlier this month, a Medicare recipient with drug coverage filled a prescription at a Concord branch of a major pharmacy chain. The ...
Sep 2, 2019
ICYMI: Secret Rebates: Why Patients Pay $600 for Drugs That Cost $300
(Bloomberg) -- Robyn Curtis, a staff adviser at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, has a 13-year-old daughter with...
Oct 6, 2016
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