Hospitals participating in the 340B program are financially incentivized to prescribe original biologics to prevent and treat diseases in lieu of cheaper generic-like alternatives called biosimilars, according to a new study - from Weill Cornell Medicine news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2023/06/f…

Only 67 Practices In New Oncology Model After Practices Raised Concerns - from InsideHealthPolicy ow.ly/lFLQ50P2CMN

From ‘Jeopardy!’ to Politico, the PBM ad wars are taking over D.C. - from STAT Simar Bajaj ow.ly/6EX250P5sKN

Sen. Bill Cassidy: Smart, practical ways to lower drug prices - from STAT U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. ow.ly/NXLg50P6eQ4

Thank you Rep. Colin Allred Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton Raul M. Grijalva and ARCHIVE: Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster for cosponsoring the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act (H.R. 4363/S. 2213) and supporting cancer survivors and their families!

Hospitals are scrambling to halt a nearly $1 billion cut the Biden administration made to their Medicare payments for treating low-income and uninsured patients - from Axios Maya Goldman ow.ly/ApPS50Pzp3x

More #PBM legislation at the state level. This IL bill prohibits #PBMs from retaliating against pharmacists. drugtopics.com/view/illinois-…

I spoke to a patient support group last night & there is just no substitute for embodied experience It’s the difference in flight from a pilot to a bird The pilot may understand all the physics of lift, weight, thrust, & drag but the bird truly knows what it feels like to fly

Big PBMs say “Drugmakers alone have the power to set prices.” Then how is that the same PBM set five different prices for the same drug, at the same pharmacy, on the same day, where the delta between the bookends had an over 10x difference? Our latest: 3axisadvisors.com/projects/2023/…

At last month's House Oversight Committee hearing on PBMs, arguably no congressman stood out more than Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧, who clearly has an exceptional grasp on how drug pricing actually works and how PBMs exacerbate affordability problems for plan sponsors and patients. A+

A new month means a new CPAN Advocacy Chat - this month, @rosegerbercoa is sitting down with Cindy Price Gavin of Let's Win Pancreatic Cancer to discuss ways to help patients after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. ow.ly/jO3a50Q354m

I hope you can join us for this important advocacy chat. Follow link to register.

I know it's frustrating but Congress has made strides in stopping #PBM abuses w/ Energy and Commerce Committee & Senate Finance Committee committees passing legislation aimed to stopping #PBMs. The ship moves slow but is moving, pushed on by states doing the same. PBMs are brazen but also running scared.

Start the new year by joining us on Wednesday, June 10th for an information packed conversation on key policy and advocacy issues in 2024.

Senate Finance Committee Releases Bipartisan White Paper Requesting Input on Drug Shortages - from @senfinance finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Group of Transparent Pharmacy Benefit Managers Form Transparency-Rx to Advocate for Clarity and Reform in Pricing of Prescription Drugs - from @dark_daily ow.ly/2EAb50QuQjj

On April 4-5, school is in session: expert clinicians, pharmacists, administrators, and policy advocates will be sharing their knowledge with #COA2024 attendees. Make sure you're registered! coaconference.com/agenda/

"It's not (insert political party's) cancer. You have to reach across the aisle to get good policy passed." Rose Gerber @MaryKCaffrey Neil Foley of NYCancerSpecialists and Emily Touloukian, DO, of Coastal Cancer Center talk advocacy at #COA2024

DIR fees are gone and all is well. Right? PBMs are sneakier than that, unfortunately. Kathy Oubre, Jon Levitt of @frierlevitt, Jeff Mortier, and Jeff Vacirca, MD discuss the workarounds that PBMs have created to keep that DIR fee money.

In this #PBM horror story, a 56-year-old woman with multiple myeloma transferred from a hospital system to a local oncology practice. Insurance forced her to use a PBM pharmacy, delaying medication and causing her physician to change therapy protocols. mycoa.coapharmacy.com/education-publ…