The rebate game played by drug makers and pharmacy benefit managers limits optimal biosimilar competition. As a result, U.S.

The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi rates lower than chains and ...

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes ...

3 The FTC filed an administrative complaint that targets CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx, as well as any subsidiaries they have created to manage ...

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are the middlemen who manage virtually all prescriptions written in the U.S. Serving as brokers among drugmakers, pharmacies, and health insurers, these health care entities ...

First, the three biggest players — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx — collectively process roughly 80% of prescriptions in the United States. Second, they determine how much ...

On September 20, the FTC sued three of the largest PBMs -- CVS Health's Caremark, Cigna's Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth ...

Employers are concerned that rising healthcare costs could force them to rethink salary or wage increases, according to a new ...