OTTUMWA — Wapello County saved more than $60,000 year over year from 2023 to 2024 simply by changing the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) that oversee prescription drug benefits and negotiate ...

Because the Congressional Budget Office predicts some PBM legislation would reduce federal spending, it would fit into either package. "We're trying to decide whether we use it for a 'pay-for' in ...

Each year, Connecticut residents face the reality of higher health insurance premiums yet receive less coverage in return. As President and CEO of Northeast Pharmacy Service Corporation, I hear ...

A bundle of healthcare legislation that would introduce greater oversight of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) sector is reported to be close to an agreement by US lawmakers. The package ...

Along with the hefty mark-ups, the new document points to other unfair practices, including diverting prescriptions for profitable medicines to PBM-affiliated pharmacies and away from independents ...

"I do think there are disparate ideas across Congress as to how much intervention within the PBM market is appropriate. What you've seen come through Congress in the final package is probably the ...

With such options available and many plan sponsors unhappy with the service they receive from PBMs, why haven’t more plan sponsors moved away from the traditional PBM model? Why is there a ...

“The good thing about that was it was bipartisan … But if not, we’ll continue to work … So we’ll be able to, I think we’ll be able to make the PBM reform and other things in that bill ...

Representative Jake Auchincloss discusses how the Democratic Party can offer meaningful alternatives to voters.

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...