As the opioid crisis continues to result in devastating consequences throughout the country, the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) is broadening its opioid enforcement to all stakeholders involved in the opioid supply chain including,... Read More
Frier Levitt Life Sciences Partner, Jesse C. Dresser, Esq. participated in a Master the Margin webinar with Ollin Sykes, CPA and Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP® , both of Sykes & Company, P.A. to discuss recent trends in reimbursement... Read More
On Thursday December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a unanimous decision in the case Rutledge v. PCMA ruling in favor of the Petitioner, Leslie Rutledge, the Attorney General of Arkansas, and against the... Read More
On November 20, 2020, the Trump administration announced plans to scrap the Medicare Part D “rebate safe harbor,” which currently permits insurance middlemen called Pharmacy Benefits Managers (“PBMs”) to charge manufacturers substantial fees... Read More
Compounding pharmacies should be aware of recent developments in the law surrounding bioidentical hormone therapy (cBHT). In the field of pharmacy, compounding (performed in compounding pharmacies) is preparation of a custom formulation of a... Read More
HHS Permits Out-of-State Telehealth Providers to Render Certain Services Nationwide On December 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a fourth amendment to its declaration under the Public Readiness and... Read More
The current United States marketplace for the regulation of pharmacy benefits is a patchwork of inconsistent (and in some cases non-existent) state laws, state and federal agency regulations, agency manuals and federal laws. Uniform state laws would... Read More
Frier Levitt Pharmacist-Attorneys Payal Amin, Pharm.D., RPh, Esq. and Dae Y. Lee, Pharm.D., Esq. are the guests on the November 30th, 2020 episode of The Business of Pharmacy Podcast with Mike Koelzer. The topic of their discussion is "Defending... Read More
Pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) Caremark has now placed Trimester 2 reports for year 2020 in the Caremark Provider Portal. Caremark provides its summaries of Direct and Indirect Remuneration (DIR) Fees paid by pharmacy providers in these... Read More
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has caused most business operations to go virtual, and PBMs have followed this trend. Earlier this year, we reported that PBMs had briefly suspended audits of pharmacies in an alleged effort to ensure pharmacies were... Read More
