FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 ...
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" ...
FTC finds PBMs excessively marked up prices on specialty drugs
Cigna (CI) and UnitedHealth (UNH) significantly marked up prices for specialty generic drugs over a six-year period.
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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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FTC: UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna abuse middleman role
The practice inflated costs for consumers and insurers on key treatments for cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV, organ transplants, and other conditions and procedures, the FTC said. The report ...
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' ...