by Sumeet Singh | Dec 12, 2018 | Industry News
CVS & Walgreens Adapt CVS & Walgreens, like independent retail pharmacies, are facing immediate pressure from all fronts: reimbursements from PBMs, retail sales from Amazon, and losing volume to growing mail-order pharmacies (Amazon/PillPack, PBM pharmacies)....
by Sumeet Singh | Dec 11, 2018 | Accreditation, NABP
Post VAWD Requirement: Insight and Strategies After an eventful 27 months, OptumRx’s VAWD requirement will likely be fully enforced on vendors of OptumRx’s pharmacy network, starting January 1, 2019. OptumRx Extension Letters On December 10, 2018 OptumRx...
by Sumeet Singh | Nov 29, 2018 | Drug Price Transparency, Industry News, PBM, State Compliance Requirements
NY Pharmacies Unite to Take Aim at PBMs Originally published on Nov 29, 2018. Earlier this month over 500 independent pharmacy owners came together to launch FixRx. FixRx is a multi-prong campaign to fight the abusive practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)....
by Sumeet Singh | Nov 14, 2018 | Industry News
BREAKING: Members of AIPW Attempt to Reopen Case for Preliminary Injunction Against Optum Rx Three members of AIPW (“Movants”) have filed to reopen the case against OptumRx which challenges the validity and legality of OptumRx’s VAWD Accreditation requirement for the...
by Sumeet Singh | Oct 31, 2018 | Industry News, State Compliance Requirements, Telemedicine
Big Changes on Horizon for Regulation of Controlled Substances Continued political and public pressure has pushed sweeping changes to how the industry will transact Controlled Substance business. Agenda for DOJ/DEA Rulemaking 1117-AB47: Suspicious Orders From the...
