On January 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed on a bipartisan basis HR 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (HR 7148). If it ...

Throughout 2025, Congress introduced several bills related to the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry. As with the 118th Congress in 2024 ...

The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on Thursday approved more than $1.1 billion in emergency contracts for the state’s Office of Group Benefits, including new agreements with Blue ...

Bipartisan efforts are underway to regulate PBMs, with proposed legislation aiming to increase transparency and prohibit conflicts of interest. Congressional action on PBM reform is seen as a rare ...

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has a new pharmacy benefits contract with CVS Caremark, the group announced Tuesday. Prescription drug benefits will be available for ...

As health plan sponsors prepare for 2026 open enrollment, they face familiar concerns of rising claims trends and labor costs, while also confronting new ERISA litigation risks tied to pharmacy ...