“The quality of health care for people in prisons is often superior to the health care on the outside.

Thats because their copays at the counter ended up being a higher percentage of the drugs final pharmacy price.Express Scripts said that our reimbursement rates to pharmacies for brand drugs vary based on a number of factors.

Performance fees have also boosted Medicare patients prescription costs at the pharmacy counter by hundreds of millions of dollars.the PBM tells it what the patient owes and what the PBM will pay the pharmacy.who often pay a fixed percentage of a drugs price as a copayment.

The PBM aggregates these payments and sends a check later.When youre filling the prescription.

a Salt Lake City pharmacist and consultant to other independent pharmacists.

isset to take effect Jan.3 million in sales through June this year.

including liabilities related to promissory notes previously issued by the company.The company reported an operating loss of $23.

5 million net profit after a change in value tied to its convertible notes.and the filing includes a warning that its own management has concerns about its ability to pay for the companys liabilities and to meet its obligations to lenders.