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New court papers released by DOJ may be the tip of the iceberg, lawmakers and advocates say.

West Virginia began to license PBMs in 2020. In 2022, the state began to require insurers to pass all prescription drug rebates and other prescription drug discounts on to health insurance purchasers in 2022.

An Aon health benefits specialist predicts that employers will have to work harder to monitor their pharmacy benefit managers.

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed an amicus brief urging the Third Circuit to uphold a lower court's dismissal in <i>Barragan v. Honeywell Int'l Inc.</i>

The average allowed amount for a patient with no chronic conditions was $1,590, while the average allowed amount for a patient with one chronic condition was nearly double, at $3,039.

The former employees argue that the company was involved in self-dealing and prohibited transactions under ERISA because it designed its own funds, picked the managers, decided how assets were allocated and then collected related fees.