Alabama Lawmakers Set Minimum PBM Payments to Independent Pharmacies April 10, 2025 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday voted to put new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers in an effort...
Alabama Senate Advances New Regs on Pharmacy Benefit Managers March 24, 2025 By Kim Chandler MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two blocks from the Alabama Statehouse, a black wreath hung on the door of Adams Drugs...
Judge Rules Boston Waited Too Long to Sue Drug Intermediaries Over Opioid Crisis February 13, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge has dismissed the city of Boston’s lawsuit seeking to hold pharmacy benefit managers liable for the opioid...
Wisconsin Couple Sues Over Son’s Death Linked to $500 Surge in Asthma Meds February 7, 2025 By Todd Richmond A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn’t...
FTC Says CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth Abuse Middleman Role January 14, 2025 By Leah Nylen, John Tozzi and Ike Swetlitz Units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. charged significantly more than the national average acquisition cost...
Arkansas Fines PBMs $1.5M for Violating State Law August 7, 2024 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Insurance Department Commissioner Alan McClain announced Tuesday notices of penalties and hearings against four...
Arkansas Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Alleged Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis June 26, 2024 By Andrew DeMillo LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday sued two pharmacy benefit managers that oversee coverage for insurers, employers and...
New York Proposes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulations February 7, 2024 The New York State Department of Financial Services has proposed market conduct regulations to govern pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operating...
Massachusetts AG Finds More Drug Overcharges in Workers’ Compensation November 8, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.2 million after allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures...
Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs May 13, 2022 By Brendan Pierson Arkansas’s attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin...