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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform: What’s on the Horizon?

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are a key stakeholder in the drug supply chain, functioning as intermediaries between insurance providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. PBMs administer […] The post Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform: What’s on the Horizon?

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PBMs Feeling the Heat on All Fronts

InterWest Insurance Services

While drugmakers have been assailed for years for increasing their prices and driving the cost of medications higher and higher, there is another player in the health care space that is receiving increased scrutiny: pharmacy benefit managers. Those rebates can be significant.

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PBMs Feeling the Heat on All Fronts

InterWest Insurance Services

While drugmakers have been assailed for years for increasing their prices and driving the cost of medications higher and higher, there is another player in the health care space that is receiving increased scrutiny: pharmacy benefit managers. Those rebates can be significant.

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Employers ‘Unwavering’ in Providing Group Health Benefits: Research

InterWest Insurance Services

” — Benefits executive at a manufacturing firm They didn’t want to be the first to jump out and completely disrupt their group health benefits offerings. “It would make workers feel like you were cutting and running.” “A big part was trepidation. Nobody wanted to be first.”

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CMS Releases CY 2025 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage and Part D

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The advance notice is released on an annual basis and includes proposed updates […] The post CMS Releases CY 2025 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage and Part D appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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New Transparency Requirements for Health Plans

AssuredPartners

We have blogged about this several times over the past year or so as information has progressed but this article will serve as a way to further delve into the implementation of these new requirements, as rules continue to be clarified and finalized in the coming months.