There is no clearer example of the conflict that vertical integration causes than the increased role that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have played in drug pricing and distribution. The ...

Ohioans must recognize the threat that vertically-integrated insurance conglomerates pose to our health and pocketbooks.

The company has also been evaluating whether its pharmacy benefits manager unit ... as CVS’s business model moat is vertical integration. If the company breaks, it is likely to end up losing ...

Purpose: The difference between what pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs) charge prescription benefit plan sponsors and what dispensing pharmacies are paid ("spread") was studied.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...

States may be getting ready to crack down even harder on pharmacy benefit managers. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will be giving member regulators a crash course on PBM policy ...

At the top of the list are pharmacy benefit managers and the roadblocks they create for patients to access and afford necessary medications. Fortunately, since my diagnosis of Sjogren's disease, there ...

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However, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) often interfere, pushing independent pharmacies into unfair contracts that threaten their businesses. These contracts frequently force pharmacies to ...

The Iowa Pharmacy Association blames middlemen that are called Pharmacy Benefit Managers. If a pharmacy accepts insurance, which is almost all patients, they have to deal with Pharmacy Benefit ...

Experts say pharmacy benefit managers are what's driving drugstores out of business. Carol Vaughan, a 62-year-old uninsured patient in Kansas City, said it was "difficult" after the Duchesne ...