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Stat News By LEV FACHER and NICHOLAS FLORKO JULY 23, 2019 WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited package of drug pricing reforms that would cap how much drug makers can hike their prices in Medicare. It would also cap out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare beneficiaries and dramatically reform the program’s prescription drug benefit.The bipartisan effort, […]

Becker’s Hospital Review Morgan Haefner – Monday, July 15th, 2019 Many generic drugs in Medicare Part D are “wildly overpriced,” according to an analysis from drug pricing research firm 46brooklyn. The report, which examined data from CMS’ Prescription Drug Plan Formulary, Pharmacy Network, and Pricing Information Files, found that while some generic drugs are priced fairly, others “show unbelievable […]

Kaiser Health News
Surely, an old-time, generic drug can’t cost $720 — for a three-month supply…Read More.

Boston Globe
They are the secret middlemen in the chain of rising prescription drug costs…Read More.

The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Medicaid officials and their managed-care contractors say they’re bringing new transparency to an opaque drug-delivery system that in 2017 saw more than a quarter-billion-dollar markup to taxpayers…Read More.

STAT News
The controversial role that pharmacy benefit managers play in prescription drug pricing is under fresh attack in a pair of new reports issued by two of the largest state…Read More.

The Hill
Recently, the Trump administration finalized a rule to require drug companies to disclose the list prices of their drugs in direct-to-consumer advertisements…Read More.

Inside Health Policy
Senate health committee chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA) included measures regulating pharmacy benefit managers in their draft bill on lowering health care costs that were inspired by a state official’s work in Montana…Read More.

Fox Business
States are taking aggressive actions to rein in high prescription treatment costs from pharmaceutical firms Opens a New Window. and curb potentially illicit behavior Opens a New Window. from middlemen price negotiators…Read More.