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"They are dealing with prior authorization challenges. Now, they are dealing with issues where their insurance company may or may not participate in the very pharmacy, their prescriptions were sent too, transferred too, many instances without their knowledge, perhaps without…

“It’s time to bust up the #PBM monopoly, which has been stealing hope and health from patients for decades." | @WJCLNews ow.ly/z5GS50WvgFH

Shifting instead to a transparent, fixed payment model for #PBMs and other intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain would reduce annual net drug spending by $95.4 billion (or nearly 15%) without undermining pharmaceutical innovation. | @MHExecutive…

Nobody knows what the other person's getting paid or how much it costs. And that's where the #PBMs make too much money, because there's a lack of transparency in what everybody throughout the system is paying. | @KALW ow.ly/2nBN50Wvgwb

In 2022, nearby pharmacy closures led patients to bring hundreds more prescriptions per week to his store, and total sales increased, he said. But Pusey’s store ultimately lost more than $100,000 that year, he told lawmakers. | @SpotlightPA ow.ly/96zI50WuFn3

In a world where costs are rising for many things, it's easy to assume many factors are contributing to the increases. But according to MaineGeneral Health, they've narrowed those reasons down to one. Collusion. | @FoxABCMaine ow.ly/z26B50WuFhB

Schinecker said a DTC model would help lower costs in the U.S. quickly by cutting out pharmacy benefit managers. | @dukefmknoxville ow.ly/gzcL50WuFcc

“These are the middlemen who negotiate behind the scenes on drug prices. They get billions of dollars of profits from the deals they make, but people don’t get the benefits, they still pay high prices.” | @NewBritHerald ow.ly/1PHf50WuF5U

"If the law leads me to believe the state has violated federal law, then I'm going to follow the law," he said. "I have no problem at all, if I determine the state went too far, to enjoin them." ow.ly/60h150WuF2m

APCI's Bill Eley (l) takes a question during a legislative panel discussion on Saturday, July 19, as part of the 135th Florida Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting and Convention. Eley was joined on the panel by representatives from APhA, NCPA, and pharmacist legislators.

There’s no rush, no sterile formality — just the gentle rhythm of a business that runs on familiarity and trust. ow.ly/fM4Q50WtX3R

“This isn’t just a celebration of our store—it’s a celebration of independent pharmacy, community, history, and the generations of families who have trusted us with their care,” said Dr. Myers. | @fcfreepress ow.ly/Tvza50WtWZ8

According to a statement from Martella's Pharmacies, the termination from the Express Scripts (ESI) network is reportedly scheduled to take effect on August 18th. | @WJACTV ow.ly/aqGw50WtWW4

Recently, #PBMs have started to adopt their own “house brand” logic to pharmaceuticals by creating offshore subsidiaries that buy FDA-approved products in bulk, wrap them in exclusive labels, and then prefer those products on their own formularies. | @46brooklyndata…

Profits are what matter the most to #PBMs. | @detroitnews ow.ly/kZbT50Wtj2C

“Over the last few decades, the #PBMs have created a system that the manufacturers have actively participated in that has allowed them — both the PBMs and the manufacturers — to charge a lot more for insulin than they otherwise could” | @whyy ow.ly/Nc8K50WtiZw

But as long as pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) are allowed to both set the reimbursement rate and steer patients to their own pharmacies, we’ll never have the chance to compete fairly. ow.ly/bsxL50WtiXm

“This law will work. It will save independent pharmacies if it is implemented and enforced correctly, but we have to have those steps,” Mudd said. “Our fear is the more we let #PBMs off the hook the more they’re gonna slide into noncompliance.” |@wkyt ow.ly/Rep950WtiAy

Put your feet up and celebrate National Hammock Day, but be careful getting into that hammock. They can be tricky!

APCI Member Aneesh Lakhani received the R.Q. Richards Award for Public Relations from the Florida Pharmacy Association at last weekend's FPA Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando. FPA President-Elect and fellow APCI Member Eric Larson presented the award to Lakhani.