/tags/pharmacy-benefits-managers Pharmacy Benefits Managers en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:04:00 GMT /2024-06-03/ohioans-grapple-with-medication-access-as-pharmacies-shutter Four pharmacies are scheduled to close down across Ohio this month. It’s part of an ongoing statewide trend. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:04:00 GMT /2024-06-03/ohioans-grapple-with-medication-access-as-pharmacies-shutter Ngozi Cole, WYSO /2023-03-28/ohio-ag-sues-pharmacy-benefits-managers-for-conspiring-to-drive-up-prescription-drug-costs Attorney General Dave Yost said in a lawsuit that PBMs have illegally worked together to fuel rising drug costs, hurting patients as well as independent pharmacies. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:46:39 GMT /2023-03-28/ohio-ag-sues-pharmacy-benefits-managers-for-conspiring-to-drive-up-prescription-drug-costs Karen Kasler /news/2021-06-14/centene-settles-ohio-suit-alleging-medicaid-fraud-for-88-million Ohio has settled a lawsuit filed just three months ago with a pharmacy benefits manager it accused of using subcontractors to overcharge Ohio’s Medicaid program. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:40:37 GMT /news/2021-06-14/centene-settles-ohio-suit-alleging-medicaid-fraud-for-88-million Karen Kasler /news/2019-04-23/attorney-general-wants-to-change-how-ohio-deals-with-pharmacy-benefit-managers Ohio’s Attorney General wants lawmakers to make changes to the way the state deals with pharmacy benefits managers (PMB).The benefits managers are the… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:00:33 GMT /news/2019-04-23/attorney-general-wants-to-change-how-ohio-deals-with-pharmacy-benefit-managers Karen Kasler /news/2019-03-18/ohio-sues-pharmacy-benefit-manager-for-overcharging-16-million Ohio is suing a company that managed prescription benefits for the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation, seeking to recover nearly $16 million in alleged… Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:19:01 GMT /news/2019-03-18/ohio-sues-pharmacy-benefit-manager-for-overcharging-16-million Associated Press /news/2019-02-20/ohio-attorney-general-calls-for-prescription-drug-middleman-to-return-16-million Ohio’s attorney general said at a session with the Ohio Associated Press that one of the prescription drug middlemen working with the Bureau of Workers… Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:13:08 GMT /news/2019-02-20/ohio-attorney-general-calls-for-prescription-drug-middleman-to-return-16-million Karen Kasler /news-partners/2019-02-01/trump-administration-wants-to-cut-drug-prices-by-eliminating-middlemens-rebates Pharmacy benefit managers are the focus of proposed regulations that could reduce drug costs for seniors and cut profits for middlemen. It could set a precedent for the broader market. Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:05:23 GMT /news-partners/2019-02-01/trump-administration-wants-to-cut-drug-prices-by-eliminating-middlemens-rebates Alison Kodjak /news/2018-08-28/whats-a-pharmacy-benefit-manager-anyway The Trump administration says pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) perpetuate high drug prices. In Ohio, the state's Medicaid program tore up its contracts… Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:33:53 GMT /news/2018-08-28/whats-a-pharmacy-benefit-manager-anyway Dan Gorenstein /news/2018-08-17/auditor-says-new-pricing-model-for-medicaid-prescriptions-might-not-be-any-better The state auditor is urging lawmakers to tell Ohio Medicaid to halt its plan to change its contracts with two pharmacy benefits managers over the way… Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:55:11 GMT /news/2018-08-17/auditor-says-new-pricing-model-for-medicaid-prescriptions-might-not-be-any-better Karen Kasler /news/2018-08-15/ohio-medicaid-breaks-contract-with-pharmacy-middlemen-over-spread-pricing Ohio Medicaid is telling its five managed care plans to sever their contracts with two pharmacy benefits managers and to work up new deals by the… Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:43:24 GMT /news/2018-08-15/ohio-medicaid-breaks-contract-with-pharmacy-middlemen-over-spread-pricing Karen Kasler