The interim staff report detailed how increasing vertical integration and concentration has enabled the three largest PBMs — ...
Ohioans must recognize the threat that vertically-integrated insurance conglomerates pose to our health and pocketbooks.
Two other large PBMs, OptumRx and Express Scripts, did not answer Medscape Medical News’s queries by press time. Although ...
One of the nation's largest grocery chains is the latest company to agree to settle lawsuits over the U.S. opioid crisis.
From drug pricing to reforming the drug regulatory process, Trump’s re-election has plenty of implications for the pharma ...
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and a third PBM — OptumRx — control access to about 80% of people whose prescriptions are covered by insurance. Since the PBMs decide which drugs are covered and ...
The top three PBMs – UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Health's CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts, who handle more than 80% of US prescriptions – were represented at the hearing by senior ...
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and a third PBM — OptumRx — control access to about 80% of people whose prescriptions are covered by insurance. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images.) A federal ...
In particular, the agency argued that the rebate practices of Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx caused the list prices of insulin drugs to be artificially high and limited patients' access to ...
UNC Health has launched its own pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to serve employers in North and South Carolina. UNC Health has ...
The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.