PBMs Driving Up Prescription Drug Costs
The three largest pharmacy profit managers—CVS Well being, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group—usually “steer sufferers towards pricier medication, cost steep markups on what would in any other case be cheap medicines and extract billions of {dollars} in hidden charges,” in line with an investigation by The New York Occasions. And because of current mergers, the PBMs now collectively deal with about 80% of prescriptions in the US, up from lower than 50% in 2012. (NEW YORK TIMES)
Federal Court docket Strikes Down HHS Steerage on Hospital Internet Trackers
A federal district courtroom dominated that the Division of Well being and Human Companies exceeded its authority final 12 months when it issued steering informing hospitals that monitoring guests to their web sites violated well being privateness guidelines. The American Hospital Affiliation filed a lawsuit difficult the steering in November. (POLITICO)
Blended Outcomes for Various Drug Remedy Payments in AZ
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed a invoice (SB 1677) offering for employees’ compensation protection for the remedy of firefighters and peace officers affected by post-traumatic stress dysfunction with MDMA, or ecstasy. However Hobbs additionally vetoed a invoice (SB 1570) that may have approved psychedelic-assisted remedy facilities the place people may obtain remedy with psilocybin. (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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