State Lawmakers Pivot from PBMs to PSAOs in Effort to Management Drug Costs

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State Lawmakers Goal PSAOs

After concentrating on pharmacy profit managers for years for contributing to the excessive price of prescribed drugs, state lawmakers have begun setting their sights on pharmacy providers administrative organizations, or PSAOs, which assist impartial pharmacies negotiate with drug wholesalers. Virginia enacted a invoice (HB 2375) final month that requires PSAOs to report their reimbursement charges. Arkansas lawmakers handed a invoice (SB 475) this month aimed toward regulating PSAOs. And laws coping with PSAOs can also be pending in Mississippi, New York and Oregon. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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