Three Milwaukee Walgreens stores have closed or plan to close in November and December of this year as part of a nationwide ...

Good morning, and TGIF. With the 118th Congress winding down, what issues do you hope lawmakers will tackle next session?

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

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 ...

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 ...

Therefore, entities like insurance companies and TPAs often outsource the management of pharmacy benefits to one of the major PBMs. [27] TPAs are independent benefit contractors that work with ...

Abelson and Robbins found numerous instances where pharmacy benefit managers created a business environment inhospitable to many local independently-owned pharmacies. The reporters discovered ...

The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.

In a July 2022 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, The Value of Pharmacy Benefits Management, University of Chicago Economics Professor Cases Mulligan concluded that PBMs generate ...

Over the past decade, employers, HMOs, health care insurers, and various government entities have turned to pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs) to help control their drug budgets.