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Aug 3, 2023
Problems at understaffed CVS pharmacies are said to be widespread. The Ohio AG is taking a look
In the wake of news about Ohio regulators’ findings at severely understaffed CVS pharmacies, numerous current and recent CVS workers in...
Jul 14, 2023
“Corners are cut to dispense prescriptions,” CVS employee tells Ohio Board of Pharmacy
After years of buying and closing competitors, CVS understaffing leads to chaos and delays, Ohio regulator says At least eight CVS...
May 31, 2023
Federal authorities move to close mammoth drug-pricing loophole
Years after the potential for abuse was flagged in Ohio, the federal agency that oversees Medicaid is moving to close a loophole that...
May 19, 2023
Policing drug price middlemen’s middlemen
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced that it had added massive, new drug-purchasers to an investigation into the practices...
May 15, 2023
Report: “Specialty” drugs are by far the most expensive, but classification seems arbitrary
The prescriptions with the most eye-popping price tags — like cancer meds that can cost more than $20,000 a month — are usually...
Apr 25, 2023
PBMs are modern-day drug price gangsters and must be held accountable
In March, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a groundbreaking lawsuit challenging the coercive tactics of the shadowy, modern-day...
Apr 4, 2023
Ohio AG sues ‘modern gangsters’ Cigna, Humana for alleged PBM price fixing
Ohio Attorney General David Yost has filed suit against Cigna Group, Humana and Prime Therapeutics for allegedly driving up the price of...
Mar 30, 2023
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....
Mar 28, 2023
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...
Mar 28, 2023
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...
Mar 27, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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,...
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