Abstrakt: |
The Oregon State Pharmacy Association (OSPA), in collaboration with 3 Axis Advisors, released a report today that illustrates the worrying tactics that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) – middlemen health insurance companies – employ to increase their profits at the expense of local pharmacies, taxpayers and patients. The study, Understanding Pharmacy Reimbursement Trends in Oregon, found that PBMs are reimbursing pharmacies at wildly different rates while at times charging Medicare and Medicaid astronomical prices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |