House lawmaker probes PBMs over alleged punitive audits of independent pharmacies
House Committee Chairman James Comer sent letters to CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts alleging that independent pharmacies faced a sudden increase in audits after publicly supporting his Pharmacists Fight Back Act.
The bipartisan bill would require pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to reimburse pharmacies for the actual cost of medicines and to pay a reasonable dispensing fee.
Comer says the audits were unusually burdensome and may be retaliatory for the pharmacies' support of the legislation.
The inquiry is ongoing and could result in further scrutiny of PBM practices and potential regulatory action.
This writeup was produced by pharmadog from original reporting by STAT.
Original headline: “STAT+: House lawmaker probes PBMs for ‘punitive’ audits of independent pharmacies”
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