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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...
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...
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...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Prescription for Transparency
California Business Journal – August 25, 2020 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were created to be the middleman and negotiate drug...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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,...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Why are neighborhood pharmacies disappearing? Ask the Noriega Family.
Lissette Campos – July 15, 2020 I arrived at Bill’s Prescription Center in Brandon an hour early, half expecting to find a quiet...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are the Real Reason Behind Skyrocketing Drug Prices
Grit Daily – April 30, 2020 Why are drug costs so high in America? If you ask Bernie Sanders, he will tell you that it’s due to the greed...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Neighborhood pharmacies struggle to stay open due to PBM restrictions
Tampa Bay News 10, July 9, 2020 So far, at least 8 independent Tampa Bay pharmacies have shut down because of challenges with Pharmacy...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Opinion: Your local pharmacy is at risk of going away
83 Degrees, July 14, 2020 Tampa summers are typically the “slow season” for local pharmacies. But during COVID-19, nothing is typical nor...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Okeechobee pharmacist demands ‘special session on drug pricing reform’
NBC WPTV 5, February 13, 2020 A popular pharmacist is calling for prescription drug pricing reform in Florida after a newly released...
Aug 24, 20202 min read
Brittany Jackson: Broken PBM system puts patient access at risk
Florida Politics, January 16, 2020 Four years after I was diagnosed with heart failure in 2013, I had a heart attack. My heart was...
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Pharmacy benefit managers are making decisions that harm my Tallahassee patients | Opinion
Tallahassee Democrat, January 11, 2020 There are people with no medical training and no obligation to patients who have the power to...
Aug 24, 20202 min read
How pharmacy benefit managers dictate care | Column
Tampa Bay Times by: Dr. Michael Diaz December 26, 2019 When patients are battling a life-threatening disease like cancer, they want a...
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