PBMs Episodes
July 27, 2023
Biosimilars Reshape the Market
Avalere releases a study focused on ICER assessments and whether or not they take into account the patient experience when creating their reports; Wayne Winegarden, a Senior Fellow with the Pacific Research Institute explain…
July 18, 2023
340B Fallout + Cancer Drug Shortages
Bill Smith, Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute, explains a ruling from the Supreme Court regarding the 340B program; Patients Rising Now’s briefing on Accelerated Approval will be held Monday, July 24th; Ted Okon, Execut…
June 22, 2023
Health Policies that Hurt Community Pharmacists
Anne Cassity, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association, says community pharmacists are concerned about several PBM tactics that make delivering care more costly to them an…
May 25, 2023
Patients Vulnerable to PBM Tactics
On Wednesday, 19 bills were set to be marked up including the PATIENT Act of 2023, and a 340B transparency bill; the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing to investigate PBMs; and Patients Rising Now…
May 23, 2023
Action Needed Against Alternative Funding Vendors
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee planned to markup 17 bills, but instead, the subcommittee only worked on six; Federal Trade Commission expands its probe into pharmacy benefit managers and group purchasing o…
May 18, 2023
Healthcare Worker Shortage Far From Over
Dr. Clive Fields, Co-Founder of VillageMD, discusses the current healthcare worker shortage and some possible solutions; the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee holds a hearing to improve access to rural healthcare; the …
May 16, 2023
Senate HELP Addresses PBMs
Erin Callahan, Chief Operating Officer for the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition and the Diabetes Leadership Council, recaps what she noticed from the Senate HELP Committee Hearing on PBMs and Insulin; the Senate HELP Comm…
May 11, 2023
Crises in Drug Shortages + Medical Supplies
Dr. Marion Mass, a pediatrician, explains how Group Purchasing Organizations play a large role in drug and medical supply shortages; the House E&C’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is hosting a hearing about the ro…
May 2, 2023
Copay Accumulators - A Detailed Report & RI Fighting Back
Dr. Robert Popovian, Chief Science Policy Officer at the Global Healthy Living Foundation, co-authors a comprehensive report for the Pioneer Institute on the impacts of PBMs and Copay Accumulator programs; the Senate HELP Co…
April 25, 2023
PBM Lawsuit; How QALYs Discriminate
A new book from Dr. Bill Smith of the Pioneer Institute outlines how quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) discriminate against patients and threaten rare disease innovation; Antonio Ciaccia breaks down Ohio’s lawsuit against …
April 11, 2023
PBMs & VBMs Becoming Mainstream Issues
Rachel Derby, Executive Director of Patients Rising Now, analyzes how PBM issues have become front and center in Washington; Dr. William Reynolds, a member of the American Optometric Association Board of Trustees, warns us a…