In January, a new Idaho law will take effect requiring reform of business practices by pharmacy middlemen — in search of tamping down prescription drug costs. The new law targets pharmacy benefit managers,

A proposed emergency Arkansas Insurance Department rule aimed at enforcing existing state law that requires health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacists at fair and reasonable rates cleared an Arkansas legislative panel Thursday.

The Arkansas Insurance Department will require pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to include dispensing fees in their reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs, a legislative panel ruled Thursday.