Ohio AG sues pharmacy benefit managers over drug pricing practices
Ohio has become the latest government entity to oppose pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their work with prescription drug prices....
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- 3 days ago
Swiss-based drug pricing scheme affecting Ohio, attorney general says
Ohio Attorney General David Yost has filed a lawsuit against multiple pharmacy benefit management companies accused of illegally pushing...
- 3 days ago
Ohio AG files antitrust suit against Express Scripts, Humana, others
In a development that is likely shaking the world of health insurance, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday sued six corporate...
- 4 days ago
Drug Middlemen Accused of Price Fixing by Ohio Attorney General
A price-fixing lawsuit that Ohio filed Monday against several firms that manage billions of dollars in drug benefits ratchets up scrutiny...
- Mar 1
Drug-Prices Investigation Focused on Middlemen Opens in Congress
House Republicans have launched an investigation into the companies that manage drug benefits, dialing up the scrutiny of the middlemen...
- Feb 14
Health care giant Centene settles with another state, California
Medicaid managed-care giant Centene has agreed to pay California $215 million to settle a drug-pricing scandal related to one that was...
- Dec 1, 2022
ICYMI: Consumer groups want antitrust probe of hospital suppliers
The middlemen who buy things like medical equipment for hospitals have vastly consolidated their control of the marketplace in recent...
- Nov 17, 2022
ICYMI: Newest federal regulator wants the little guy to be the focus of antitrust enforcement
For Alvaro Bedoya, federal antitrust enforcement has strayed from its roots. Over the past several decades, a wave of corporate mergers...
- Feb 25, 2022
A Message From Ohio MGMA's Aaron Mierzwiak
Ohio Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) President, Aaron Mierzwiak, highlights critical reverse auction policy solution to save...
- Feb 18, 2022
NAMI OH Letter to the Editor: Congress must take a hard look at PBMs
The the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ohio penned a letter to the Dayton Daily News encouraging PBM reforms in Congress: "We now...
- Dec 7, 2021
PBM Accountability Project of Ohio Statement on Recent Illegal PBM Activity
Latest Investigations Indicate PBMs Utilize Several Tactics to Generate Revenue COLUMBUS, OHIO – The PBM Accountability Project of Ohio,...
- Oct 29, 2021
Medicaid chief quietly drops bombshell: Millions obtained by PBMs unaccounted for by state
Pharmacy benefit managers are making millions of dollars through Ohio's Medicaid program for which Medicaid can't account. That's because...
- Oct 7, 2021
Letter to the editor: PBMs continue to drive up out-of-pocket costs for patients
Letter to the editor by Aaron Mierzwiak, President of the Ohio Medical Group Management Association A recent story by Marty Schladen,...
- Sep 2, 2021
Already concerned with drug costs, large employers, family pharmacists worry about more middlemen
Are drug middlemen adding another black box? POINT PLEASANT, W.V. — There already were deep concerns among small pharmacists about drug...
- Jul 20, 2021
Ohio AG signs on to important pharmacy middleman case
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined a lawsuit testing states’ power to regulate powerful middlemen who control the way...
- Jul 14, 2021
PBM Accountability Project of OH Commends Leaders for Budget Provisions Holding PBMs Accountable
Reverse Auction Provision Could Help Save Ohio Taxpayer Dollars COLUMBUS, OHIO – The PBM Accountability Project of Ohio, a coalition of...
- Jun 21, 2021
Our view: Pharmacy benefit manager tactics increase costs, reduce health-care options
You know you have a big problem when $88 million is just the tip of the iceberg drifting toward you. But that pretty much sums up what...
- Jun 1, 2021
ICYMI: Ohio Grange President Sue Roy Letter to the Editor on PBMs
Roy writes, "Ohio Grange members are engaged in agriculture and the communities we live in, and we struggle like most Ohioans with the...
- Apr 16, 2021
Ohio hires Medicaid prescription drug watchdog
As it makes sweeping reforms to the way it handles managed care for the state’s $24 billion Medicaid program, Ohio on Wednesday announced...
- Apr 14, 2021
Conflicting corporate claims at the heart of Ohio’s blockbuster Medicaid suit
Two mega-corporations appear to be claiming they did the same work for Medicaid — Ohio’s $24 billion-a-year program that provides health...
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