United Health Group's OptumRx plans to acquire Diplomat Pharmacy, a specialty drug company that treats cancer patients and others with complex medical conditions. Specialty drugs are becoming big business for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). State and local governments across the country [Read more...]
Charleston Gazette-Mail staff writer Amelia Ferrell Knisey reports West Virginia holds the nation's largest share of children who will face devastating, life-long consequences linked to the opioid crisis. New data released November 13 by a New York nonprofit, said 54 out of every 1,000 children [Read more...]
WVPA sent a letter to Governor Jim Justice requesting he allow the new pharmacy benefit legislative rule, passed by the 2019 Legislature, go through the process as written by his Office of Insurance Commission (OIC). The Charleston law firm, Spilman Thomas who represents the PBM industry, has ask [Read more...]
"The Charleston law firm Spilman Battle has requested Governor Jim Justice not implement legislation that the West Virginia Pharmacists Association successfully had passed during the 2019 Legislature regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)," reports Richard Stevens, WVPA Executive Director. [Read more...]