Community Pharmacists Demand CMS Take Enforcement Action Against PBMs

By Luke Zarzecki / February 27, 2024 at 6:19 PM
As news surfaced Tuesday (Feb. 27) that Congress is punting long-debated pharmacy benefit manager reforms, the community pharmacy lobby demanded CMS immediately take enforcement action against improper PBM practices that the lobby says could cause nearly a third of independent pharmacies to shutter this year. The National Community Pharmacists Association wrote to CMS on Tuesday that PBMs have done little to change their policies even though CMS asked them in December to be ready to correctly bill pharmacists when new...


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