Reform of Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Impact on Retail Pharmacies

How PBM Reform Could Help Walgreens And Other Retail Pharmacies

Legislation in Congress to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) appears to be good news for pharmacies owned by Walgreens, Walmart, Rite Aid and thousands of independent drugstores.

Pharmacies are closing across the country in recent years, which their owners blame in part on a reimbursement squeeze from the PBMs that pay them.

Source: http://www.forbes.com