Florida sues 2 PBMs over alleged price fixing
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Prime Therapeutics and Cigna’s Express Scripts, alleging the pharmacy benefit managers entered into an illegal horizontal price-fixing agreement that threatens access to affordable medications. The lawsuit alleges the competitors entered a “collaboration” in December 2019 under which Prime, which is owned by BCBS plans, adopted […] The post Florida sues 2 PBMs over alleged price fixing appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues...
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Cigna, BCBS — competitive / operational strategy. Via Becker's Payer Issues.
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on competitive / operational strategy involving Cigna, BCBS: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Prime Therapeutics and Cigna’s Express Scripts, alleging the pharmacy benefit managers entered into an illegal horizontal price-fixing agreement that th…
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