On March 27, 2023, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed into law HB 1135, providing South Dakota consumers and providers with a much-needed dose of transparency in prescription drug pricing. HB 1135 amends existing legislation and introduces new... Read More
On February 16, 2023, the Senate Commerce Committee held a full committee hearing titled “Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Pharmacy Benefit Managers.” The purpose of the hearing was to hear from industry actors as the Committee... 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
The recent increase in proposed State Legislature across the U.S. in an effort to regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”) demonstrates rising scrutiny by the government into the abusive conduct of PBMs and the impact it has on American... Read More
On April 4, 2022, U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones invalidated parts of Oklahoma’s Patient’s Right to Pharmacy Choice Act (the “Act”) in PCMA v. Mulready et al. concluding that certain provisions in the law were preempted under Medicare... Read More
On March 24, 2022, Senators Richard Pan and Scott Wiener of California introduced new legislation (SB-939) targeting abusive Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practices in connection with the federal 340B program. By way of background, the 340B program... Read More
On February 23, 2022, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law House Bills 4348, 4351, and 4352, each tailored to address Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ (PBMs) discriminatory treatment of 340B entities. The signing of these Bills comes less... Read More
On March 7, 2022, Senator Vin Gopal introduced Senate Bill 2221 (“S2221”) with the goal of establishing transparency standards and licensing requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) operating in New Jersey. Senate Bill S2221... Read More
On November 17, 2021, the Eighth Circuit rendered its highly anticipated decision in Pharmaceutical Care Management Associated v. Wehbi, which is the first federal court of appeals decision to apply the ERISA preemption analysis set forth by the... Read More
The New York Legislature recently passed legislation which it has now sent to the Governor, Kathy Hochul, for signature. If signed, the “Pharmacy Rescue Package” will provide new opportunities for NY-based pharmacies and will provide much-needed... Read More
