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Are companies still inflating the cost of Medicaid drugs?
Ohio Capital Journal, 11/4/21
Kalderos 340B rebate model improves covered entity cash flow, study by 3 Axis Advisors confirms
Kalderos blog, 11/2/21
PBM clawbacks sidestep state bans on spread pricing
Modern Healthcare, 10/29/21
A group backed by huge companies like Walmart and Boeing is fighting back against the drug-industry middlemen in trouble for overcharging customers
Business Insider, 10/28/21
Medicaid chief quietly drops bombshell: Millions obtained by PBMs unaccounted for by state
Columbus Dispatch, 10/27/21
3 Axis Advisors president Antonio Ciaccia discusses drug pricing distortions with Ohio Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
The Ohio Channel, 10/27/21
What are pharmacy benefit managers and what role do they play in the price of your prescriptions?
Cincinnati Public Radio, 10/19/21
Kansas tried to hide an audit of its prescription drug prices
KCUR NPR Kansas City, 10/12/21
Dispensing doctors: Should physicians sell drugs to patients?
Undark, 10/11/21
Startup PBMs' ties to legacy competitors spark transparency questions
Modern Healthcare, 10/5/21
Kansas audited its $80 million CVS prescription plan, but it's still shrouded in mystery
KCUR NPR Kansas City, 10/1/21
Coalition seeks more transparent pharmacy benefit managers
Modern Healthcare, 9/27/21
What’s Next interview with Antonio Ciaccia
WHIS News Talk, 9/23/21
KRDO’s Afternoon News interview with Antonio Ciaccia
KRDO News Radio, 9/15/21
Regionally Speaking interview with Antonio Ciaccia
Lakeshore Public Radio, 9/14/21
Bloomdaddy show interview with Antonio Ciaccia
Bloomdaddy Radio Show, 9/14/21
Rush to Reason show interview with Antonio Ciaccia
Rush to Reason via SoundCloud, 9/8/21
HB 2263 helps lower prescription drug costs in West Virginia
WDVM Washington, 9/8/21
Podcast: Uncovering $244 million in PBM spread pricing with Antonio Ciaccia
Independent Pharmacy Alliance Podcast, 8/25/21
Meet the 30 young leaders forging a new future for the healthcare industry in 2021
Business Insider, 8/16/21
When pharmacy middlemen save on medicines, why don't you save money, too?
No Patient Left Behind, 7/6/21
CVS wins California drug overcharge trial
Modern Healthcare, 6/24/21
DeJoy’s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What’s it mean for your Zip code?
Washington Post, 6/24/21
Proposed budget changes said to threaten Medicaid reforms
Ohio Capital Journal, 6/24/21
Advocates: Medicaid system overhaul could hurt behavioral health program for youth, PBM reforms
Columbus Dispatch, 6/17/21
Ohio’s overhauling $20B Medicaid program, but budget could pump the brakes
Dayton Daily News, 6/14/21
Study finds potential for billions in prescription drug savings with transparent pricing practices
PBM Reform Podcast, 5/31/21
Report says mandatory NADAC responses would save Medicaid $10B
Inside Health Policy, 5/18/21
Independent pharmacies struggle amid ‘confusing’ financial rules, study shows
Cape Cod Times, 5/14/21
Medicaid could save billions in prescription drug costs with increased survey participation
First Report Managed Care, 5/13/21
Capital Rx study: Greater price transparency around drugs could save millions in Medicaid
Fierce Healthcare, 5/12/21
Podcast: Leadership strategy implications for the changing pharmacy landscape
Leadership Lessons in Health-System Pharmacy, 5/11/21
Capital Rx and 3 Axis Advisors study finds potential for billions in prescription drug savings with transparent pricing practices
Business Wire, 5/11/21
Report: PBMs In Massachusetts make $25M annually from spread pricing
Inside Health Policy, 4/26/21
Report: Taxpayers left to pay hefty charges to MassHealth by pharmacy benefit managers
Boston Herald, 4/22/21
Pharmacists blame middlemen for high drug costs
CommonWealth Magazine, 4/22/21
Cautionary tale: Plan sponsors losing manufacturer rebate dollars to PBMs through rebate aggregators
Benefits Pro, 4/15/21
Podcast: Patients ripped off on medications
Disruptive Front Podcast, 4/12/21
New independent pharmacy opens in Huber Heights
Dayton Daily News, 4/12/21
Overworked, understaffed: Pharmacists say industry in crisis puts patient safety at risk
NBC News, 3/16/21
How to save money on medical bills by NOT using insurance
No Patient Left Behind, 3/15/21
Bills seek to save Florida Medicaid hundreds of millions of dollars, improve prescription drug care for patients
The Capitolist, 3/10/21
Small pharmacies are crucial to vaccine distribution. But it could cost them.
NBC News, 2/12/21
Adventures in getting paid
Pharmacy Today, 2/1/21
Pharmacy deserts are becoming a bigger problem in low-income neighborhoods
Axios, 1/7/21
Exclusive: Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk
Reuters, 12/31/20
New Ohio coalition seeks to turn PBM drug-middleman profits into savings for patients
Columbus Dispatch, 12/21/20
Capitol Insider: You think you had a bad week?
Capitol Insider, 12/13/20
US Supreme Court rejects PBMs' challenge of state's ability to regulate the drug middlemen
Columbus Dispatch, 12/10/20
Florida finds pharmacy benefit managers are benefiting from a lucrative profit center
STAT News, 12/9/20
In Florida, spread pricing costs $8.64 per pharmacy claim
Inside Health Policy, 12/9/20
We need transparent drug prices, Virginia lawmakers say
Dogwood, 11/30/20
Kettering Health patients can see prescription costs in real time with new tech
Dayton Daily News, 11/15/20
Podcast: The trouble with pharmacy benefit managers
Locked on Pharmacy Podcast, 10/22/20
Podcast: Complete and fundamental payment reform
Business of Pharmacy Podcast, 10/5/20
To beat high costs, California moves to create its own drug label
Managed Healthcare Executive, 9/30/20
Benchmark does not represent retail prices, research finds
Pharmacy Times, 9/18/20
Antonio Ciaccia highlights issues within health care, PBM operations for PCOC® 2020
American Journal of Managed Care, 9/15/20
APhA names Antonio Ciaccia Senior Advisor for Disruptive Innovation and Practice Transformation
American Pharmacists Association, 9/14/20
Drug discount programs create more cloud in quest for transparency
Informa Pharma Intelligence, 9/8/20
Study finds flaws in widely-used pricing model for generic drugs
The Pharma Letter, 7/2/20
How GoodRx built a $2.8 billion business by helping consumers find drug discounts
CNBC, 6/17/20
PBMs and community oncology: "We just can't let them get away with what they're doing"
American Journal of Managed Care, 4/25/20
PBM reimbursement significantly varies for generic drugs
Pharma News Intelligence, 4/20/20
PBM analyst Antonio Ciaccia to share drug pricing tactics, data at COA 2020
American Journal of Managed Care, 4/17/20
Pharmacy reimbursement often lags for generics undergoing price hikes, jeopardizing patient access
Pharmalot via STAT News, 4/14/20
A key ingredient that compound pharmacies need for hydroxychloroquine skyrockets in price
Pharmalot via STAT News, 4/14/20
PBM Reform Podcast series: In data we trust w/ Antonio Ciaccia
Pharmacy Podcast, 2/10/20
After acquittal, Trump repeats inaccurate claims on impeachment and Ukraine [and drug pricing]
The New York Times, 2/6/20
Florida Pharmacy Association report outlines concerns about PBM, MCO manipulations
Pharmacy Times, 2/5/20
Study finds millions in Medicaid unfairly pocketed by pharmacy benefit managers
The Capitolist, 2/4/20
PBMs favor their own pharmacies in the Florida Medicaid program
STAT News, 1/31/20
Pharmacists say they take hit in Medicaid
WUSF News, 1/31/20
NCPA: Florida report a searing indictment of PBM greed in Medicaid
National Community Pharmacists Association, 1/30/20
Pharmacy lobby releases PBM report during legislative fight
POLITICO Florida, 1/30/20
Maryland bans spread pricing following report on the practice’s cost
Inside Health Policy, 1/17/20
Washington got stuck on lowering drug prices. Now they're rising again.
Washington Post, 1/8/20
One week into 2020, drugmakers have announced nearly 450 price hikes
Advisory Board, 1/6/20
Hundreds of prescription drugs are costlier in 2020
AARP, 1/6/20
The list gets longer: Merck, Allergan, Novartis issue 2020 drug price hikes — report
Endpoints News, 1/6/20
Drug price hikes are back for 2020
Axios, 1/6/20
Two blockbuster cancer drugs see New Year price hikes
Modern Healthcare, 1/3/20
Pfizer slashes prices as most pharma makers hike prices in new year
Formulary Watch, 1/3/20
Novartis, Merck and Allergan join those raising U.S. drug prices for 2020
Reuters, 1/3/20
Pfizer and other drugmakers start 2020 with price rises
Financial Times, 1/3/20
U.S. drug makers raise prices on more than 330 drugs
Dayton Daily News, 1/3/20
Drug companies hike prices to start the year, average 5.3 percent
The Hill, 1/2/20
Drugmakers hike 2020 medicine prices despite lawmakers’ ire
Bloomberg, 1/2/20
It’s ‘business as usual’ as many drug makers boost prices for the new year
Pharmalot via STAT News, 1/2/20
More January U.S. price hikes take 2020 tally to over 330 drugs with higher cost
Reuters, 1/2/20
More drugmakers hike U.S. prices as new year begins
Reuters, 1/1/20
Exclusive: Drugmakers from Pfizer to GSK to hike U.S. prices on over 200 drugs
Reuters, 12/31/19
Costco and Instacart test free one-hour prescription delivery as Amazon eyes the space
CNBC, 11/6/19
Teva’s proposed opioid settlement could cost drugmaker pennies on the dollar
Reuters, 10/23/19
Diabetics tell Indiana legislative committee of difficulties affording insulin
South Bend Tribune, 10/5/19
Two more big states take aim at PBM pricing practices, which one lawmaker calls ‘the wild west’
Pharmalot via STAT News, 6/5/19
Bellbrook man’s data crunching driving big pharmacy change
Dayton Daily News, 5/13/19
Report: Pharmaceutical middlemen profiting unfairly
DBusiness Magazine, 5/2/19
Medicaid managed care programs’ contracts for generic drugs are inefficient
Health Affairs, 5/1/19
Could Michigan's high drug prices flow south to Ohio?
Columbus Dispatch, 4/29/19
Pharmacists: Benefit managers taking too big a cut of payments
Crain’s Detroit Business, 4/29/19
Reports show pharmacy middlemen making big money in other states
Columbus Dispatch, 3/14/19
Drug middlemen took $123.5 million in hidden fees, state claims
Bloomberg, 2/21/19
Analysis: Prescription programs charge state more, reimburse pharmacies less for generic drugs
FiOS1 News, 1/30/19
Pharmacy benefit managers marked up generic drugs for NY Medicaid, but where’d the money go?
Pharmalot via STAT News, 1/24/19
Drug middlemen got big markup in New York, pharmacists say
Bloomberg, 1/24/19