Season 2 of the MedCity Pivot Podcast has launched with a special focus on the evolution of phamacy and pharmacy benefit management. The first guest this season is A.J. Loiacono, who leads Capital Rx,…
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Digital weight loss company Noom announced its commercial business, Noom for Work, is partnering with Liviniti, a national pharmacy benefit manager, to offer plan sponsors and their employees a digital GLP-1 Companion for chronic…
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An antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Cigna-owned online pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts by several community, independent pharmacies, alleging the company teamed with rival PBMs to fix pharmaceutical reimbursement rates…
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Another area where we haven't enabled pharmacists has to do with pharmacy interoperability. While almost every pharmacy out there now supports ePrescribing, the healthcare industry has fallen short when it comes to ensuring that…
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What You Should Know:
– Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday to address its $4B debt load and legal battles for allegedly filing unlawful opioid prescriptions.
– Last Thursday, Rite Aid filed…
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What You Should Know:
– Capital Rx, an NYC-based full-service pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and pharmacy benefit administrator (PBA) raised $50M with participation from more than 10 of the leading health systems in the nation,…
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The MedCity Moves Podcast is back with another episode. We discuss some of the executive appointments occurring in the healthcare sector over the past month — including new leaders at Tenet Healthcare, Interwell Health…
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At a time when emerging technologies are changing the role of human workers in so many industries, pharmacies are often stuck in an earlier era.
Despite the rise of digital tech, getting medication still mostly…
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are being targeted yet again by the government. James Comer (R-Ky), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability chairman, launched an investigation Wednesday into PBMs and their “tactics that are harming…
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The biggest threats employers are facing right now include high-cost pharmacy claims, medical inflation and million dollar treatments being approved by the Food and Drug Administration, a Wednesday survey found.
The report was conducted by…
