Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) News

Senators Seek Probe of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Pricing Practice

Two U.S. senators have asked the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department to investigate a practice by pharmacy-benefit managers known as spread pricing, as part of a wider inquiry by lawmakers into U.S. drug costs. Ron Wyden …

Employers Struggle to Manage Benefits Covering Specialty Drugs

Twenty-seven percent of employers are offering their employees a high deductible plan with co-insurance as part of their specialty drug benefit, and although this strategy helps to lower insurance premiums, it can also result in members not being able to …