Advertisement Article continues below this ad Pharmacy benefit managers were originally intended to help insurance companies manage claims and lower patient drug costs. But today, according to the ...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...

The Rio-based network of independent pharmacies blames drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers.

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their ...

One of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, Express Scripts, recently sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for what they say are false claims. This, is after the FTC released a ...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), originally designed to add ... and just healthcare system for all. The Federal Trade Commission has found that the industry's anticompetitive integration has allowed ...

The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...

By controlling prices and availability, pharmacy benefit managers cause patients and employers to spend more for medications, according to the Federal Trade Commission and pharmacy groups.

Criticism of prescription drug middlemen has intensified recently in the wake of a federal agency’s actions and legislative reform attempts. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, though, vetoed a related bill that ...

Huge health conglomerates have another reason to worry that their business model might be disrupted. On a visit to Columbus Monday, one of the country’s top antitrust watchdogs said her agency is ...