US EditionAlabama lawmakers advance regulations on pharmacy benefit managers
- Alabama lawmakers voted 32-0 to advance legislation mandating minimum reimbursement rates for community pharmacists, according to the Alabama Senate.
- Independent pharmacies have faced significant closures due to reimbursement issues and rising costs, as reported by the Alabama Independent Pharmacy Alliance.
- Pharmacy Benefit Managers have been criticized for business practices that lead to losses on a significant percentage of prescriptions, according to independent pharmacists.
- Senator Billy Beasley noted that Alabama is losing nearly one drugstore per week due to low payments from PBMs, emphasizing the negative impact on community pharmacies.
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Alabama Senate passes bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers
Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, (right) speaks with Sen. Keith Kelley, R-Anniston on the floor of the Alabama Senate on March 19, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Senate Thursday passed a bill creating new regulations on reimbursements and fees pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) charge to pharmacies. SB 252, sponsored by Sen. Bill Beasley, D-Clayton and called the “Community Pharmacy …
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“We’re losing almost one drugstore per week going out of business,” Sen. Billy Beasley said.
Alabama Senate passes Community Pharmacy Relief Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Republicans and Democrats said one bill will keep pharmacy middlemen, or PBM's from undercutting local drug stores. "It's just kind of a uniting force for multiple communities that we service," said Anna Noojin, second generation pharmacist at Boaz Discount Drugs in Boaz. Noojin said community drugstores have been struggling to survive. "Everyday I sit here and fill prescriptions, and we see them come back in red," she…
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