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,...
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Sep 1, 20224 min
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 17, 20222 min
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 23, 20222 min
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 22, 20221 min
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 7, 20222 min
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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