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Sep 9, 20223 min read

AARP’s Support of Inflation Reduction Act Is an Insult to Patient Victims

[Inside Sources] Congress dealt a significant blow to patients with rare and chronic diseases. The so-called Inflation Reduction Act,...

Sep 1, 20224 min read

The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Settling Into a “New Normal,” 2.5 Years Into the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scott Biggs and Doug Long of IQVIA discussed where the pharmacy industry stands now and what they predict for the future. The Pharmacy...

Aug 16, 20222 min read

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Joins Mississippi’s PBM Fight

Mississippi Office of the State Auditor Early in July, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined a fight I’ve been waging in Mississippi for...

Jun 22, 20222 min read

New pharmacy benefit manager regulations go into effect in Florida July 1st

State of Reform Florida pharmacies will receive a new set of audit protections from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) next month, thanks...

Jun 21, 20221 min read

DeSantis signs bill to increase oversight of pharmacy benefit managers

The bill, in part, will give the Office of Insurance Regulation more authority over pharmacy benefit managers. Health News Florida Gov....

Jun 6, 20222 min read

FTC Launches Inquiry Into Prescription Drug Middlemen Industry

Agency to Scrutinize the Impact of Vertically Integrated Pharmacy Benefit Managers on the Access and Affordability of Medicine Federal...

Feb 28, 20221 min read

Florida House passes bill that would increase oversight of pharmacy benefit managers

Small pharmacies have long complained about benefit managers, which represent health insurers in negotiations with drug companies and...

Dec 17, 20211 min read

Rural Florida pharmacies struggling, worsened by pandemic

NPR When Michael Njoku answered his cell phone inside Bronson Pharmacy, the call was from a customer asking for her medications to be...

Mar 11, 20211 min read

FL Pharmacy Groups Fight PBMs with HB 1043

Florida pharmacy advocacy group Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) and national advocacy group Pharmacists United for...

Mar 11, 20211 min read

Republicans look to curb prescription middlemen’s fees and practices

Florida Politics A recent report shows that Pharmacy Benefit Managers could be costing the state hundreds of millions. A band of...

Mar 10, 20212 min read

Bills seek to save Florida Medicaid hundreds of millions of dollars, improve prescription drug care

The Capitolist Pharmacy advocacy groups gathered with Florida senators and representatives to discuss bills before the legislature...

Mar 7, 20212 min read

Marco Rubio Backs Jeanne Shaheen’s Proposal to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices

Florida Daily Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., backed U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s, D-NH, “Ensuring Timely Access to Generics...

Feb 28, 20212 min read

In letter to AHCA, EMPOWER Patients says PBM reform could save $100M

Florida Politics EMPOWER Patients sent a letter to new Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Simone Marstiller on Friday...

Feb 17, 20211 min read

State Rep. Randy Fine Files House Bill To Lower Cost, Increase Access to Prescription Drugs

Space Coast Daily Florida State Rep. Randy Fine filed HB 1043 his week which would save the State of Florida more than $100 million in...

Feb 1, 20211 min read

Florida lawmakers to consider heatedly-opposed PBM reform again in 2021

The Center Square There is bipartisan support in the Florida Legislature to impose transparency requirements and restrict pharmacy...

Jan 29, 20211 min read

Florida Lawmaker To Take Closer Look at Prescription Drug Costs

Bay News 9 When State Rep. Jackie Toledo (R-District 60) recently tried to fill a prescription for her daughter, she was surprised at how...

Jan 25, 20212 min read

New insulin report highlights how incentives benefit middlemen, harm patients

The Pharma Letter The US Senate Finance Committee has released a new report detailing findings of its investigation into the role that...

Jan 1, 20211 min read

Proposed Medicaid Pharmacy Legislation Could Help Bridge the State Budget Gap While Preserving Patie

Representative Randy Fine, co-sponsor Rep. Jackie Toledo, and Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez recently announced the details of new proposed...

Dec 31, 20202 min read

What Every Challenger Brand Can Learn From The Nation’s Smallest Pharmacies

Forbes A campaign against drug rebate kickbacks isn’t something you’d typically think would have much relevance to small businesses in...

Dec 23, 20203 min read

Study Finds PBMs are Draining Florida’s Medicaid Funds

Grit Daily A study exploring Florida’s prescription drug costs through the Medicaid program found that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)...

Dec 10, 20202 min read

Arkansas’ PBM law unanimously upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

TalkBusiness.net The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Arkansas law on a controversial pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) statute on...

Dec 8, 20201 min read

Florida finds pharmacy benefit managers are benefiting from a lucrative profit center

Stat News As states struggle to control the cost of prescription medicines, a new report found pharmacy benefit managers pocketed more...

Nov 30, 20202 min read

Tampa Representative to Propose Plan to Hold Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountable

Bay News 9 — Tampa Rep. Jackie Toledo says she will soon refile a version of her 2020 proposed legislation that intends to lower...

Sep 18, 20203 min read

FLORIDA’S SECRET DRUG PRICING SCAM YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

Medium.com Though you may have never heard of them, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play a critical role in the price you and I pay for...