Prescription drug prices are once again taking center stage in the national political debate, which may indicate a prime opportunity for changes in the contentious relationship between care providers ...

DIR fees have been a thorn in the side of independent pharmacies for many years. What are the ramifications of these burdensome fees and where is the industry headed in terms of eliminating them? To ...

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy and Frier Levitt, LLC explore the disparate impact that certain Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) ...

Independent drugstores are opening up a new front in their battle against pharmacy benefit managers. The National Community Pharmacists Association, which represents more than 19,400 pharmacies, has ...

Hy-Vee gave a thumbs-down to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a rule update that excluded reform on rising direct and indirect (DIR) remuneration fees in the Medicare Part D ...

Coverage from the National Community Oncology Dispensing Association Spring Forum 2018. Direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees have been a growing concern for community pharmacists, and ...

A newly filed lawsuit accuses pharmacy benefit management giant CVS Caremark of violating antitrust laws by charging huge fees to dispense prescriptions in Medicare Part D. Pharmacists have pushed ...

A white paper commissioned by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) delved into the practice of “direct and indirect remuneration” fees administered by pharmacy benefit managers and how they could ...

FMI-The Food Industry Association (FMI) and the National Grocers Association (NGA) have joined a coalition of pharmacy industry trade groups endorsing new federal legislation to tighten control of ...