Indiana paid $7 billion to administer prescription drug benefits in five-year period according to new report

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Being a native Hoosier, I have always considered Indiana to be a fiscally conservative state. Apparently the PBM’s “dog and pony show” pull the fiscal wool over those who work for the state to sign up with a PBM who is known to have rather opaque financial disclosures. One of the PBMs that Indiana signed […]

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Should Clinicians Be Liable for Patient Suicide After Failing to Prescribe Pain Medications?

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Should Clinicians Be Liable for Patient Suicide After Failing to Prescribe Pain Medications? https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/features/failure-prescribe-pain-medications-suicide/ Mr M was a 48-year-old married man with 3 children. He had been seeing his primary care physician (PCP) regularly since 2005 for chronic, debilitating cervical pain. The patient had been diagnosed with multi-level degenerative disc disease and cervical radiculopathy stemming […]

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PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pbm-pharmacy-benefit-managers-independent-drugstores-versus-big-chain-prices/ CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some stopped in for coffee, ice cream, homemade cake, or cookies. Use Our Content It can be republished for free. […]

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