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PBM Execs Remain Cagey About GPOs in Latest Capitol Grilling

  • Jul 25

    Jul 25, 2024

    Testifying before a House committee on July 23, executives of the three largest PBMs faced a grilling from lawmakers while trying their best to outline the reforms and transparency efforts they’ve voluntarily implemented in their businesses.

    However, the executives’ answers to questions about group purchasing organizations (GPOs), especially when compared to their answers to similar questions at a 2023 hearing, suggest that the companies may still be resisting transparency in some respects.

    As scrutiny of PBMs has reignited recently — with critics of the industry hoping to push through a reform measure by the end of the year and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly poised to sue the largest PBMs over their contacting practices — the spotlight is also getting brighter on GPOs.

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    • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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