PCMA Launches New Video Ad Explaining How PBMs Help Keep Medicines Affordable

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) recently released a new video ad as part of its ongoing campaign, “PBMs. Lowering Drug Costs. Protecting Patients.” The seven-figure, always-on campaign is designed to highlight the enormous and wide-ranging value pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) provide to patients and the entire health care system. The new […]

The Warning from Mid-Market PBMs: DOL’s Proposed Rule Could Backfire 

A proposed Department of Labor (DOL) pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) disclosure rule has as a stated goal to “create a fairer and more competitive prescription drug market, lower costs, and ensure accountability across the healthcare system.”  But, in practice, could that rule backfire and actually limit competition in the PBM market, heaping costly compliance burdens on smaller PBMs that drive up […]