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Mashup Score: 31
In an effort to slow the rate at which independent pharmacies have closed, the Iowa House advanced legislation to regulate the amount a pharmacy is reimbursed by pharmacy benefit managers.
Source: nonpareilonline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 17House panel passes PBM reforms, ratcheting up chance for passage - 5 month(s) ago
Panels in both the House and Senate have now passed restrictions to drug middlemen business practices.
Source: www.statnews.comCategories: General Medicine News, Expert PicksTweet-
Panels in both the House and Senate have now passed restrictions to drug middlemen business practices (Pharmacy “Benefit” Managers, #PBMs ), increasing the chances of those measures being included in future government spending. https://t.co/hp4kmV8jSW
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Mashup Score: 1
Hawaii has filed a lawsuit accusing the three largest U.S. pharmacy benefit managers of driving up brand-name prescription drug prices through a complex system of rebates and fees, joining other states that have brought similar claims against the drug industry middlemen.
Source: www.reuters.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet-
More states going after #PBMs. Add the federal government to that and PBMs are starting to panic. https://t.co/Ank2oAk8iA
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Mashup Score: 0ACR on Air Podcast - 7 month(s) ago
Listen to ACR on Air, the official podcast of the American College of Rheumatology, for information on rheumatic disease research, solutions for practice management issues, legislative policies impacting patient care, and more.
Source: rheumatology.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, RheumatologyTweet-
Transparency for #PBMs plus the challenges in #steptherapy are just two of the latest issues the ACR is taking to Congress. ACR on Air guests @BelindaBirnbaum & @LennMcD share how @ACRheumDC works to ensure #rheum voices are heard. Listen → https://t.co/TU8q0CZGRm #Act4Arthritis https://t.co/mglrpHwZYj
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Mashup Score: 0Opinion | In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back - 9 month(s) ago
We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors
Source: www.medpagetoday.comCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
According to @dapattmd of @TexasOncology and @oncologyCOA, pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) want to control what treatment patients get and how, when, and where they receive it. "We must stop these predatory and destructive behaviors." @MedpageOnco https://t.co/wWiZEQrkdX
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Mashup Score: 0Congress Making Progress on Bills to Regulate PBMs - 9 month(s) ago
All measures would require more transparency about the fees they collect
Source: www.medpagetoday.comCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Confused by all the bills being introduced in Congress to regulate #PBMs? You're not alone. Here is a roundup of some of the bills, including which committees are working on them, what they would do, and what experts are saying about them: https://t.co/xlhCEOGzco
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Mashup Score: 0FTC rescinds policy statements backing PBMs - 9 month(s) ago
The voted to warn against relying on its “outdated” previous advocacy statement and studies about the PBM industry.
Source: www.axios.comCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
More pressure on #PBMs. This will not stop from the @FTC Congress & state legislatures. Doesn’t happen overnight but the tide is turning. https://t.co/83pidRxaU6
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Mashup Score: 5Open Commission Meeting - July 20, 2023 - 9 month(s) ago
Business Before the Commission: Statement Withdrawing Prior PBM Advocacy and Staff Presentation on Military Consumer Protection Efforts
Source: Federal Trade CommissionCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Dr Prowell is spot on! #PBMAbuse must end. Along w/ recently introduced federal legislation to address issues, on July 20 the @FTC continues their probe into #PBM practices. You can submit your comments through 8 pm ET on July 18👇 https://t.co/3WjBK0L9ke #PBMs #OncTwitter https://t.co/kuM4tHAqCG https://t.co/icEmcSsCXK
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Mashup Score: 0Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | Full Measure - 10 month(s) ago
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Source: Full MeasureCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Watch this story on how #PBMs rob #cancer patients of hope. #PBMRobbers https://t.co/R4SVcwEcLu
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Mashup Score: 1
A coalition that includes patient advocacy groups and the Iowa Pharmacy Association is launching what they’re calling an “accountability project” focused on Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs are companies that manage prescription drug benefit plans for insurance companies and Medicare Part D as well as large companies. “They’re the ones in the […]
Source: Radio IowaCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
This should happen in every state. Put together coalitions to stop #PBM abuses. Top #PBMs must go! https://t.co/pD7JRKclAf
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More state legislation to stop #PBMs from destroying pharmacy. https://t.co/1hnq54hVkQ