The Pharmacy Benefit Brief | April 2021
April 15, 2021
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Morning Consult: Congress Should Act Quickly to Permanently Repeal the Rebate Rule
April 12, 2021
While Congress and the Biden administration, as well as stakeholders across the prescription drug supply chain, examine policy options for...
Medium: 12 Ways Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Helping Patients Access COVID-19 Vaccines
March 19, 2021
We stand at a promising moment in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines are becoming more widely available as...
Fierce Healthcare: Insurers, PBMs call on Congress to get rid of delayed Part D rebate rule
March 17, 2021
PBM advocacy group Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) signed the letter alongside insurer groups America’s Health Insurance Plans and the...
The Columbus Dispatch: New uncertainty for employers over drug costs, said Supreme Court
March 16, 2021
The COVID- 19 vaccine’s promise of a return to normalcy, or some semblance of it, is offering much-needed hope to...
The Pharmacy Benefit Brief | March 2021
March 15, 2021
Welcome to the Pharmacy Benefit Brief. This brief is your monthly snapshot of news from America’s prescription drug supply...
Medium: 21 Policy Solutions to Lower Rx Costs in 2021
March 03, 2021
For America’s pharmacy benefit managers, PBMs, the core mission is to increase access to affordable prescription drugs for all Americans....
PBMs continue war against rebate rule with new campaign
March 02, 2021
Pharmacy benefit managers are continuing their war against the Trump administration’s rebate rule with a new campaign....
Roll Call: ‘Rebate rule’ is wrong path to reducing prescription drug costs
February 18, 2021
As the Biden administration and the new Congress examine policies to reduce prescription drug costs, one place to start is...
The Pharmacy Benefit Brief | February 2021
February 16, 2021
Welcome to the Pharmacy Benefit Brief. This brief is your monthly snapshot of news from America’s prescription drug supply...
January 27, 2021
The new Biden administration has started off strong, taking a thoughtful approach to any number of critical health care issues...
PBM group asks court to put Trump’s last-minute drug rebate rule on hold
January 27, 2021
In a motion filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association...