Hometown Pharmacy closing 5 Wisconsin stores after shuttering 6 since last year
The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.
CVS, Ex-Cigna Executive Ask to Shorten Ban on Starting New Role
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and the former president of Cigna Corp.'s Express Scripts asked a federal judge to amend an injunction ...
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Pharmacies Accuse GoodRx of 'Inviting Price-Fixing' in Series of Antitrust Class Actions
GoodRx has been hit with a series of antitrust class actions in California and Rhode Island federal courts challenging the ...
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Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers are a roadblock to affordable medications
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Pharmacy benefit managers were originally intended ... the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, Humana, Prime Therapeutics and ...
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Optum audit shows possible law violation, lower payments to independent pharmacies
The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager math: Big chains paid $23.55 to fill a blood pressure Rx. Small drugstores paid $1.51
Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...
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Good RX, PBMs accused of suppressing reimbursements
GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, MedImpact and Navitus Health Solutions are facing class-action lawsuits accusing them of colluding to super press reimbursements to ...
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Lawsuits Say GoodRx, PBMs Quash Reimbursements To Small Pharmacies
CVS Caremark and Express Scripts, along with GoodRx and others, are accused of working together to suppress reimbursements to independent pharmacies in at least three class-action lawsuits. Also, Hims ...
GoodRx, PBMs accused of suppressing reimbursements to independent pharmacies
Drug coupon aggregator GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers including CVS Caremark and Express Scripts have been hit with at least three class action lawsuits accusing them of working together to ...
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Health care giant sues to stop antitrust probe of pharmacy drug middlemen
The owner of one of the three largest pharmacy middlemen in the United States last month filed suit to quash an attempt by the Federal Trade Commission to investigate industry ...
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Cigna CEO tamps down on Humana deal speculation
Despite reports this fall that the two payers had reopened merger talks, Cigna plans to use excess cash to buy back its ...
Cigna Focuses on Commercial Insurance and Biopharmaceutical Benefits
Combining with Express Scripts gave Cigna more tools to help clients control their healthcare costs, and we see significant cross-selling opportunities across their respective books of business. Cigna ...