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...
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- Mar 11, 2021
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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, 2021
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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...
- Feb 17, 2021
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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, 2021
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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 1, 2021
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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 23, 2020
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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, 2020
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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...
- Sep 1, 2020
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What “Big Insurance” Doesn’t Want You to Know About Community Pharmacies
Medium.com Patients and pharmacists share a special relationship, often stretching back generations. Even the frightening spike in drug...
- Aug 25, 2020
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Prescription for Transparency
California Business Journal – August 25, 2020 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were created to be the middleman and negotiate drug...
- Aug 25, 2020
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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, 2020
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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, 2020
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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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
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Independent Pharmacists Stress Personal Touch In An Industry Dominated By Chains
The Town Crier, February 28, 2020 On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the advocacy group Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) hosted a...
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Data Proves PBM Industry Maximized Profit At Patient Expense
Cision Newswire, June 15, 2020 Physicians and Patient Advocates Call for More State Disclosures The Alliance for Transparent and...
- Aug 25, 2020
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Shane Abbott: Rural communities most affected by predatory PBM middlemen
Florida Politics, March 8, 2020 Over the past year, I’ve made the drive from my small pharmacy in DeFuniak Springs to Tallahassee dozens...
- Aug 24, 2020
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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,...
- Aug 24, 2020
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Study finds millions in Medicaid unfairly pocketed by Pharmacy Benefit Managers
The Capitolist February 4, 2020 A new Florida study, released last week, found that major health care companies using pharmacy benefit...
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
PBMs favor their own pharmacies in the Florida Medicaid program
STAT News Plus January 31, 2020 As angst rises over the prices paid for medicines, a new analysis finds some pharmacy benefit managers...
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