States with Current PBM Legislation
Iowa Iowa recently enacted a law (Senate File 383) that forbids PBMs from steering patients toward certain pharmacies, requires reimbursement to any pharmacy at or above acquisition cost (plus a dispensing fee), and mandates pass-through of rebates rather than allowing PBMs to pocket them. (Healthcare Dive) As a result, patients in Iowa should have more […]
Arkansas, PBMs, and patient choice: why new rules matter — and what still needs fixing
When the “middle-man” runs the drugstore: why Arkansas hit the brakes When a giant corporation acts as both the “middle-man” setting drug prices and also owns the pharmacy filling those prescriptions, something has to give. That’s the hard truth lawmakers in Arkansas confronted with the passage of HB 1150 (Act 624), signed into law April […]