Ohio AG Calls For ‘Immediate Legislative Action’ Against PBMs

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) on Monday (April 22) called for the Ohio legislature to enact four policies targeting spread pricing practices by pharmacy benefit managers that would route all state drug purchases through a single PBM contract, give the state auditor unrestricted authority to review all PBM drug contracts, make PBMs fiduciaries and ban nondisclosure agreements regarding drug pricing with the state. A day before, Ohio pharmacist researchers published research that suggests spread pricing practices in that state...