Fierce Healthcare July 31, 2024
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of July 2024.
Updated: Wednesday, July 31 at 5:20 p.m. ET
Legal
AIDS Healthcare Foundation sues Express Scripts
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts and its subsidiary Accredo Health Group, alleging the PBM engages in unfair practices through anticompetitive behavior aimed at destroyed specialty pharmacies.
In Louisiana, Express Scripts controls more than 70% of individuals covered by health plans in the state, the plaintiffs said.
“Express Scripts unilaterally imposes arbitrary contract terms on specialty pharmacies like AHF and, by extension, our patients,” said Laura Boudreau**,** chief of operations, risk management and quality improvement, for AHF in a statement. “Yet,...