MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on Oct. 29 granted summary judgment in favor of a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in a reimbursement dispute, saying that contracts between the parties permitted the PBM to amend the documents governing the updating of reimbursement methods (Pearson's Pharmacy Inc., et al. v. Express Scripts Inc., No. 06-73, M.D. Ala.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100915). From Mealey's Managed Care Liability Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13 granted certiorari to determine whether the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA) completely preempts state court suits challenging enrollment and health benefits determinations made under FEHBA in a case in which a health plan administrator allegedly wrongfully removed a child from his mother's health care insurance (Health Care Service Corp. v. Juli A. Pollitt, et al., No. 09-38, U.S. Sup.). From Mealey's Managed Care Liability Report