Frier Levitt helped a New York pharmacy successfully appeal initial audit results in their entirety that were issued by a large PBM. Despite the pharmacy’s submission of purchase information directly from its wholesalers, the PBM alleged... Read More
Pharmacies and pharmacists (“licensees”) throughout the country are often anxious after learning that a State Board of Pharmacy (“BOP”) is seeking disciplinary action against them. The fear of challenging a BOP’s allegations, the same... Read More
Since being established in May 2022, New York’s Pharmacy Benefits Bureau (“Bureau”) has requested input from the public on six separate occasions regarding New York’s laws governing Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”). The Bureau’s... Read More
IV hydration services are becoming increasingly popular across the country as they offer a convenient way for individuals to receive intravenous vitamins, nutrients, or hydration on demand. In addition to traditional brick-and-mortar locations, in... Read More
In today’s ever-changing digital age, more and more human processes are being replaced by computers, with pre-coded algorithms, and now, through artificial intelligence. These same advancements that have created tools across multiple industries... Read More
In Texas, licensees are informed of the Board of Pharmacy’s (“BOP”) allegations against them through a document called the Statement of Allegations. Some of the information usually contained in the Statement of Allegations includes: (1) a... Read More
State Boards of Pharmacy (“BOPs”) throughout the country are authorized to handle issues with the licensees they regulate, including pharmacies and pharmacists (“licensees”) through various means. For example, the various laws governing BOPs... Read More
Pending before Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee is new legislation (HB 191) targeting the abusive practices of pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) and granting pharmacies a private right of action to seek redress for damages caused by... Read More
State Boards of Pharmacy (“BOPs”) throughout the country are empowered through various laws, rules, and regulations governing administrative agencies, like BOPs, to handle issues with the licensees they regulate, including pharmacies and... Read More
In the course of pharmacy audits, PBMs are increasingly requesting from pharmacies copies of Drug Supply Chain Security Act (“DSCSA”) track and trace documents, commonly known as “T3” documentation. The T3, which consists of the Transaction... Read More
