Two resolutions were read and adopted by the House of Delegates on Tuesday at its annual meeting. Resolution number one ratified the actions of the Board over the past year since the 2022 annual meeting in Kansas City. Number two resolved that no PBM shall amend an agreement, provider manual, or other contractual term or document by fax and shall send a minimum of three electronic alerts to the pharmacy owner, or pharmacists in charge on record with the PBM, a minimum of 30 days before any contractual terms go into effect.
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and.
Tune in at 2 p.m. ET today to see the testimony of Joe Moose at the House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on the topic of why anticompetitive and consolidated markets are making health care unaffordable. Moose, co-owner of Moose Pharmacy (with seven locations in North Carolina), will testify about the PBM stranglehold on health care, as well as on the ability of independent pharmacists to thrive as anchors for their communities.