Pharmacies, drugstores object to Medicaid price transparency effort

The pharmacy and drugstore lobbies are strongly objecting to a new effort by the federal government to gather more data on drug prices in the Medicaid program.
The groups say the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its legal authority when it recently put out a request for proposal requiring a “nationwide survey of [...]

Eyes On Congress As Court Strikes DC’s Fiduciary-Disclosure Requirements On PBMs

A federal appeals court struck down one of two District of Columbia laws that make pharmacy benefit managers act as “fiduciaries” for their clients, a requirement that PBMs and the Federal Trade Commission say would result in higher drug prices. Supporters of the law, however, say the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for [...]

Court overturns DC pharmacy benefits law

A local law designating Pharmacy Benefit Managers as fiduciaries was struck down by the DC appeals court today. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that key portions of the 2004 law were unconstitutional.
The district of Columbia law never [...]

Dem embraces GOP health proposal

A centrist Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee has endorsed two Republican proposals requiring hospitals to disclose their prices, pitting him against other Democrats on the panel who are pushing a much broader bill.

Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) hopes to bring other Democrats with him, arguing a scaled-down approach stands a better chance of becoming law than the Democratic proposal, which would apply to all healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, drug makers and insurers.