PBM bill advances Pharmacy benefit managers would be required to report more information on their deals with pharmaceutical companies under legislation unanimously approved by a House committee last month. PBMs would need to create reports for employer clients each year that…
Esteemed Panel to Address Ways to Drive Value in Primary Care Through Comprehensive Medication Management in Practice Tysons Corner, VA — May 18, 2023: Today, The Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute, the catalyst for change to medication management, announced that Co-Founder, Katherine H.…
Most payers have outcomes-based contracts with PBM About 58% of payers had at least one outcomes-based drug contract with a PBM in 2022, according to an Avalere Health survey. Of the payers that had at least one outcomes-based contract, over…
ND Governor Signs GTMRx-Supported Comprehensive Medication Management Bill into Law …
New drug shortages skyrocketing Drug shortages are growing dramatically. For example, children's flu medications, common antibiotics, and ADHD treatments are getting harder to buy, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. It finds that the…
Practice Transformation Getting the medication information right Do you have the information you need to get the medications right? Pharmaceutical companies’ medical information professionals can be a valuable resource. The non-profit phactMI represents MI professionals across the pharmaceutical industry; it…
APG Chief Medical Officer Appointed to GTMRx Board Tysons Corner, VA — February 28, 2023 — The GTMRx Board of Directors voted earlier this month to approve the appointment of Susan M. Huang, MD, MS, to the GTMRx board. As Chief…
Practice Transformation February full of deals Last week, UnitedHealth Group closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of the home health and hospice provider LHC Group. LHC will be folded into Optum supporting UnitedHealth’s plan to make Optum the entry point for…
Do you trust your Drug Information Source? By Dominick Albano, Pharm.D., MBA and Jennifer Riggins, Pharm.D., FDIA I think we can all agree that pharmacists play a critical role in the safe and effective use of medications. From interacting and…
Practice Transformation Look out, drug chains: Mark Cuban has only just begun Mark Cuban wants to lower drug prices even further and expand his online pharmacy's customer base. These plans could pose a major threat to CVS and Walgreens, TheStreet reports. And…
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