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PBMs <3 Counterfeit Drugs
PBMs pay pharmacies a reimbursement ceiling that is below the wholesale cost of goods floor for the retail class of trade to independent pharmacies. Counterfeiting ensues. TAP deserves a medal.
Benjamin Jolley
Oct 26, 2022
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FTC Chair Khan will be at NCPA 2022
NCPA 2022 is now the antitrust-nerd-pharmacist's comic-con
Benjamin Jolley
Sep 12, 2022
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Unsolved Mysteries: NPI spoofing
Someone has been submitting claims to PBMs pretending they are part of our pharmacy. We're not the only affected pharmacy. I want it to stop.
Benjamin Jolley
Aug 19, 2022
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A pharmacy's layout tells its history
By walking through a pharmacy's physical inventory, you can tell a lot about the operator of that pharmacy.
Benjamin Jolley
Jun 29, 2022
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Branded Drugs are upside down
Why does the pharmacy market treat the highest ticket items as a loss leader for the lowest ticket items?
Benjamin Jolley
Jun 28, 2022
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Pharmacists: Partners in Health
If a health insurance executive can't figure out how deductibles work, who can? Your pharmacist.
Benjamin Jolley
Jun 26, 2022
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On catalogs and MACs
Pharmacy organizations have fought against the MAC pricing rules of PBMs for years, but seemingly no one has ever tried to make these prices readily…
Benjamin Jolley
May 3, 2022
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Asking the wrong questions
In attempts to mislead the public, lobbyists answer the wrong questions. People of good faith should respond not by disputing these answers, but by…
Benjamin Jolley
Apr 19, 2022
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