Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Bill Inches Closer to Passage In Pennsylvania Senate

Health committees in the Pennsylvania House and Senate are working on a compromise agreement that will increase oversight of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The Pennsylvania legislation would allow the state’s Insurance Department to regulate certain aspects of pharmacy benefit managers’ business that have been called anti-competitive. Read more. Included in this legislation is language that will prohibit PBMs from reimbursing qualified health centers participating in 340B less than they would reimburse similar entities that do not participate in the program. This is an evolving process so stay tuned for updates.

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