Prescription Drug Rebates

Exploring Transparency-Rx’s pharmacy benefit manager partners

March 18, 2024 - Transparency-Rx is a recently launched organization of transparent pharmacy benefit managers working towards addressing the ongoing challenges with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that have hindered access to care and significantly increased healthcare spending. “We just launched in September last year as a formal business coalition. Our goal is really to highlight to Congress...

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AMA Analysis Finds Variations in PBM Competition

by Veronica Salib

In a recent analysis written by José R. Guardado, PhD, for the AMA, he analyzed the competition against drug intermediaries, referred to as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In the report,...

CMS Rule Allows Payers to Negotiate Prescription Drug Pricing

by Jessica Kent

CMS has issued a final rule allowing payers to negotiate prescription drug pricing based on how well these drugs work for patients, a policy that could reduce overall healthcare spending and...

New Study Expounds Harms of Drug Rebates on Patients, Healthcare

by Samantha McGrail

Drug rebates are distorting the market for branded drugs and producing outcomes that may be harmful to both patients and the healthcare system, according to a recent study by the Pioneer Institute. In...

States Sue Mallinckrodt Over Underpaid Medicaid Drug Rebates

by Samantha McGrail

A coalition of 28 states and territories recently sued Mallinckrodt ARD LLC over accusations that the pharmaceutical company violated the False Claims Act and knowingly underpaid Medicaid drug rebates...

Court Tells Mallinckrodt to Pay $650M in Back Medicaid Rebates

by Samantha McGrail

Global pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt recently announced that the US District Court for the District of Columbia upheld CMS’ decision over Medicaid rebates for the company’s...

Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

by Sara Heath

As the healthcare industry works to tackle skyrocketing spending, a keen eye is turning toward the pharmaceutical industry. And with that, experts are examining the role pharmacy benefits managers play...

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