UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
CVS Caremark Rx blasted the findings for cherry picking certain drugs in an effort to push what it called an 'anti-PBM' ...
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FTC releases second report slamming pharmacy benefit managers
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the ...
Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
CVS Caremark, OptumRx and St. Louis-based Express Scripts — are part of huge health conglomerates that also own insurers, ...
Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" ...
Pharma digs in on changes it wants from Trump administration
The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for ...
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UnitedHealth Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients by Overcharging 'Thousands of Percent' for Live-Saving Meds, Pocketing Extra Billions: Feds
The UnitedHealth Group is overcharging patients for necessary life-saving drugs as a result of price gouging that increases ...
Several Setbacks Dragged CVS Health Corp. (CVS) in Q4
Patient Capital Management, a value investing firm, released its “Patient Capital Opportunity Equity Strategy” fourth quarter ...
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CVS successfully converts commercial pharmacy contracts to “cost plus” model
CVS’ efforts to reform how its pharmacies are paid have reached a significant milestone that should stabilize flagging ...
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Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s Second Report on PBMs, While PBMs Criticize Findings
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report ...