Mattingly is an associate professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department ...

"I am really trying to change the traditional CFO landscape," said Mr. Firdausi during an interview with "Becker's Healthcare Podcast." "Having the PBM background, having the payer background and now ...

PBMs interface with pharmacies and the payers. In addition to adjudicating pharmacy charges, the PBM provides the payer with access to a nationwide network of pharmacy providers that are ...

Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth CEO, said the move will remove an excuse other players use to blame Optum Rx for high drug costs.

SVP of Payer & PBM Growth at Vida Health. Here, he discusses the importance of partnering with organizations that share Vida’s clinical philosophy to drive meaningful growth. Taggart also ...

The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to release additional findings from its yearslong probe into CVS Caremark, ...

Payer-PBM Relationships For everything from GLP-1 and cancer costs to provider networks, one employer association has strategies — and they don't involve the major carriers. Physicians are in ...

Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the ...

Insurer-PBM firms dominate the Medicare Part D market, steering patients to their pharmacies, raising regulatory concerns about competition and patient choice. The study analyzed Medicare Part D ...

The markups helped the PBMs reap $7.3 billion from 2017 to 2022, the FTC found. The PBMs—owned by insurers Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group—are supposed to help keep drug costs low for ...

A patient with prescription benefits who is visiting a pharmacy may also be someone involved in the payer's decision process regarding a PBM. Or the patient may be an employer. Pharmacists can ...