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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

Pharmacy Deserts Are on the Horizon if PBMs Continue to Underpay Medicaid Reimbursements

Grit Daily – August 17, 2020 Independent pharmacies are being forced into bankruptcy due to underpayment for Medicaid reimbursements,...

Local pharmacists complain drug middlemen hurt patient prices and business

Citrus County Chronicle February 12, 2020 In the competitive pharmaceutical industry where drug manufacturers vie for huge market shares,...