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Jul 12, 2018
It’s Generics Not PBMs That Keep Pharmaceuticals Affordable
Forbes
Expenditures on prescription drugs grew 12.4 percent in 2014 and 8.9 percent in 2015. These eye-popping data are not representative of the long-term expenditure trend, however…Read More. -
May 23, 2018
Pharmacy tech company partners with SCPC to bolster its advocacy agenda
McKnight’s LTC News
Parata announced last week that it’s becoming a Bronze Level Business Partnership with the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition, which represents some 350 LTC pharmacies across the U.S…Read More. -
May 14, 2018
Trump prescription plan doesn’t include Medicare-negotiated pricing
McKnight’s LTC News
PBMs have come under increasing scrutiny since the president’s economic advisory council issued a February report that highlighted their dominance in senior healthcare settings…Read More. -
May 9, 2018
Medicare Advantage pay to jump as enrollment grows
McKnight’s LTC News
Medicare Advantage plans will receive a 3.4% uptick in federal payments in 2019. That’s nearly 90% more than the 1.84% increase proposed in February…Read More. -
Apr 4, 2018
New Medicare Advantage rules boost payments to plans, promise drug savings
McKnight’s LTC News
Medicare Advantage plans will get 3.4% more in federal payments next year, while beneficiaries can hope for drug prices to decline…Read More. -
Apr 3, 2018
No turning back
McKnight’s Senior Living
Few industries are more a reflection of the constituents it serves than senior living. And keeping pace with its evolution is a head-spinning exercise…Read More. -
Mar 1, 2018
Congressional opioid efforts targeting Medicare, limits on new prescriptions
McKnight’s
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would set a three-day initial prescribing limit on opioids for acute pain and increase recovery services and availability for addicts…Read More. -
Feb 20, 2018
To help elderly patients, CMS should prohibit PBM fees – not reform them
McKnight’s
Over just the past few years, the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx – have come to control more than 80% of prescriptions dispensed in America…Read more. -
Feb 8, 2018
Desperate Fig Leaf: PBM Effort to Use Non-Interference Clause to Systematize Price-Gouging
Morning Consult
From the standpoint of the widening national debate on drug pricing issues, 2017 was a watershed year…Read more.
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