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has dismissed that demand as a non-starter.
These statutory changes are essential to addressing problems with the Medicare Part D program and to saving specialty pharmacies and other pharmacies.Thats because their copays at the counter ended up being a higher percentage of the drugs final pharmacy price.
Jolley said his drugstore expects to lose at least 100 customers after refusing a contract with a large PBM.After a parade of hearings andan ad campaign from drugmakers attacking the PBMs.The so-called PBMs have long clawed back a fee from pharmacies weeks or months after they dispense a drug.
000 or so independent pharmacies had accepted its terms.when a pharmacy fills a prescription.
they risk losing Medicare customers likely to the same giant PBM conglomerates.
An independent pharmacy cant even buy it at that price.Some pharmacies are setting aside savings or taking out short-term loans to cover losses in the early months of next year.
PBM giant Express Scripts sent out confidential contracts announcing that in 2024 it will pay pharmacies roughly 10% below what they typically pay to buy wholesale brand-name drugs meaning they could lose money on every prescription they fill.and that PBMs no longer impose unfair pharmacy performance requirements.
Performance fees have also boosted Medicare patients prescription costs at the pharmacy counter by hundreds of millions of dollars.The PBM aggregates these payments and sends a check later.