The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...

In a sample of 100 hospitals, 34 didn’t meet requirements for publishing machine-readable files of their charges while 14 ...

The rebate game played by drug makers and pharmacy benefit managers limits optimal biosimilar competition. As a result, U.S.

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes ...

Oracle Health’s next-generation EHR is not just designed to be a scribe or an assistant. But rather a doctor’s best resident, ...

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy ...

First, the three biggest players — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx — collectively process roughly 80 percent of prescriptions in the United States. Second, they determine how much ...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...

Independent pharmacists say PBMs not only create higher costs but also make it harder for patients to access medications.

Criticism of prescription drug middlemen has intensified recently in the wake of a federal agency’s actions and legislative reform attempts. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, though, vetoed a related bill that ...

Optum Rx and Express Scripts are facing a new lawsuit, this time from the state of Michigan. The state claims the PBMs colluded with opioid manufacturers, receiving kickbacks in exchange for ...