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  2. Pharmacy benefit management - Wikipedia

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    Pharmacy benefit management. In the United States, a pharmacy benefit manager ( PBM) is a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs for commercial health plans, self-insured employer plans, Medicare Part D plans, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and state government employee plans.

  3. Explainer-Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire? - AOL

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    Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are in the crosshairs of Republicans and Democrats in Congress but have so far dodged any new litigation or reforms that had been targeted for inclusion in last ...

  4. Amid increased federal scrutiny, PBMs pivot strategy to ... - AOL

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    PBMs have used various strategies over the years to squeeze independent pharmacies, and these tactics are on the rise as the federal government takes aim at reigning in the notorious middlemen.

  5. Category:Pharmacy benefit management companies based in the ...

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  6. UnitedHealth's unit to launch new drug pricing model next year

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    Under value-based pricing models, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and the middlemen, which include pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) like OptumRx, agree to link payment for medicine to the ...

  7. Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act

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    American Hospital Association v. Becerra, No. 20-1114, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, [1] also called the Medicare Modernization Act or MMA, is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 2003. [2] It produced the largest overhaul of Medicare in the public health program's 38-year history.

  8. Health Insurance and Diabetes Struggles

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    PBMs, Marchand Aprigliano said, are an example of the popular saying, “the road to hell is paved with great intentions.” Indeed, in August 2019, Forbes reported on how PBMs drive up cost and ...

  9. It’s time for facts in the PBM debate - AOL

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    Year after year, decade after decade, companies big and small have a decision to make about their PBM. They choose us because we take on every challenge, manage every drug, and deliver savings and ...