Keystone Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance, Inc

08/30/2025

08/21/2025

In late June, CVS Caremark was ordered to pay the U.S. government at least $95 million in damages for overcharging Medicare for generic drugs between 2010 and 2016. This week, the court decided on the quantity of the penalty. Despite CVS' attempts to manipulate the facts on the ground, the court was...

08/12/2025

Good Video on 5 drivers of pharmacy profit loss.

This video is an excerpt from the Drug Channels Institute June 20, 2025, live video webinar, What’s Next for Retail Pharmacy: Data, Debate, and Disruption. T...

08/04/2025

This comprehensive, live, virtual continuing education event is designed to equip you with expert-led business strategies and actionable best practices tailored for today’s pharmacy professionals. Join us to take advantage of peer insights and thought leadership from across the community and indep...

08/01/2025

We've Launched Our New & Improved Website!

We're excited to introduce our redesigned site, featuring a fresh look, improved navigation, and a more user-friendly experience.

Keystone drives independent pharmacy success through expert contracting and ongoing dedicated support, keeping members relevant, compliant, and profitable.

07/28/2025

Apotex Corp. has agreed to a settlement over claims that it violated state and federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Dispensers of drugs that purchased one or more drugs covered by the settlement between Jan. 1, 2010, and March 5, 2024, may be entitled to a share of the settlement. Apotex....

07/21/2025

Amazon Pulls [PBM] Healthcare Documentary After UnitedHealth Criticism

Amazon’s streaming service pulled a documentary critical of pharmacy benefit managers after receiving a legal threat from UnitedHealth Group, The New York Times reported.

The docuseries, “Modern Medical Mafia,” accuses PBMs of acting as an organized “crime ring” that has patients “choosing between life or death with mafia tactics due to greed,” according to a description on YouTube. One of the largest PBMs, OptumRX, is a UnitedHealth subsidiary.

In a major new New York Times exposé on health insurance behemoth UnitedHealth, deputy investigations editor David Enrich reveals how the largest insurer in the country works to intimidate and silence critics of its often predatory and exploitative treatment of patients. While “companies do this ...

07/10/2025

Reach out to your representatives and urge them to pass this necessary legislation!

‼️ New legislation – the PBM Reform Act – has been introduced in the House of Representatives that will serve as the chamber's comprehensive PBM reform package. It includes all of the PBM policies that were in the original Continuing Resolution package from December of last year. "As PBMs continue manipulating drug pricing, extinguishing their competition, and raking in massive profits, patients and pharmacies are suffering," says NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey, pushing for it to be passed and enacted ASAP. "We need help, and we need it quickly."

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4leExAO

07/10/2025

https://www.realclearhealth.com/2025/07/04/lets_fix_our_own_prescription_drug_policies_1120805.html

Former head of PBM lobby argues the key to reducing drug prices is reining in middlemen.

President Trump's push to import drug pricing models from European health systems -- particularly his Most Favored Nation (MFN) approach -- is like trying to fix a Harley-Davidson at a Vespa dealershi

06/30/2025

https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2025/06/30/pharmacy-advocacy-push-succeeds-mandatory-nadac-removed-budget

Early Saturday morning, NCPA saw the culmination of the hard work of pharmacy advocates at the end of last week, with the removal of mandatory NADAC reporting from the budget reconciliation bill. Due to the Senate parliamentarian's decision last week to disallow the inclusion of the Medicaid managed...

06/30/2025

CVS Caremark was ordered to pay the U.S. government at least $95 million in damages after a federal court found it had overcharged Medicare for generic drugs. The ruling came in a case filed in 2014 by a whistleblower who alleged the PBM had knowingly and falsely claimed funds from the U.S. governme...