NACDS: Change Healthcare Attack Shows Need For PBM Reform

The chain drug store lobby told lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill Wednesday (May 1) that pharmacy benefit managers’ preexisting business practices exacerbated billing problems faced by pharmacies in the aftermath of the March Change Healthcare cyberattack that crippled the health care system and must be reformed. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) says Congress must swiftly pass bills to reform PBM practices in Medicare and Medicaid to address longstanding policies that worsened the effects of the...