AMCP leaders say PBM reform, new drug pricing models and AI will shape this week’s Nexus meeting in San Diego. Leaders from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) spoke with Managed Healthcare Executive about what attendees can expect and…
Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for more than three decades. His stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation and legislation. He is…
Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are regulating now them. Thanks to our sponsors – Become a Sponsor Republicans and Democrats find a…
AJ Barbarito, Esq, explains how ERISA and Medicare Part D preemption limit state PBM laws and why a private right of action may be the most effective path forward. State laws aimed at reining in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have…
The number of people using GLP-1 treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss or chronic conditions has increased rapidly, with more than 1 in 10 U.S. adults currently taking such medications. A new study led by medical students at Virginia Commonwealth University…
Editor’s note: This perspective was originally published in Health Affairs Forefront on Oct. 15, 2026. With this article, I aim to raise two important and related questions. The first is: What factors are most directly driving patients’ cost burdens? The second question,…
The CMS proposed a rule on Friday that would implement key healthcare provisions in this year's government funding package, including those targeted at improving the accuracy of Medicare Advantage plans' provider directories and reforming how pharmacy benefit managers are paid.
(The Center Square) – Twelve state financial officers sent a letter to the Department of Labor praising it for providing employers with necessary information to help manage and save on healthcare costs, while also committing to help the department enforce Trump’s…
Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household. She and her husband, Charlie, have been married 35 years. She’s a Republican. He’s a Democrat. But their shared disenchantment with profit-driven healthcare has provided…
Published 4:30 pm Thursday, October 15, 2026 In an open letter from members of the South Okanagan medical community, Interior Health is being called out for driving away the only neurologists stationed at Penticton Regional Hospital. The letter lays out how the three…
Pharmacy benefit managers such as CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx: their practices, reform bills and lawsuits.
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