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Top CVS medical officer ties shocking lack of ‘health literacy’ for 90 million Americans to crisis...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 day ago“They’re unable to gather and understand information and apply it to improve their health,” Dr....
OptumRx touts new 'transparent' drug pricing model
Modern Healthcare· 8 hours agoUnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager is launching an alternative, value-based drug pricing model it promises will make pharmaceutical spending more predictable. The OptumRx Clear Trend ...
North Carolina ends coverage of new weight loss drugs for 750,000 state employees
BenefitsPRO· 4 days agoDemand for new-generation weight-loss drugs is sky high – and so is the monthly cost. The 750,000...
High drug prices and pharmacy deserts: Protesters blame drug middlemen, demand regulation
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThey also lowered pharmacy reimbursement rates and tacked on hefty fees, prompting the closure of...
Raskin presses insurers, PBMs on free contraception coverage
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants to know how the country’s...
Critics of Pharmacy Benefit Managers to Protest at Express Scripts
Riverfront Times· 5 days agoLoretta Boesing’s son is a transplant survivor who needs medication every 12 hours. At the time,...
Pharmacists protest ‘noncompetitive’ contracts at Express Scripts HQ in St. Louis County
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 4 days agoPharmacists and activists accused the company — and competitors like Optum Rx and CVS Caremark — of...
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats Ranking Member Raskin Urges Insurers...
Sierra Sun Times· 3 days agoWashington, D.C. - On Thursday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent letters to the five of the largest health insurers and four of the largest ...