Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Medicare News Related To Independent Pharmacies, Private Health Plans, …
Summaries of several recent developments related to Medicare appear below.Independent pharmacies: The implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2006 “made pharmacies of all sizes far more dependent on reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers,” and PBMs “have put the squeeze on independent pharmacies,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. [click link for full article]