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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed a bill (SB 951) imposing the toughest regulations on private and corporate control of medical practices in the country. The measure limits the amount of control health management companies can have over medical practices, with the aim of closing what supporters say is a loophole in state law allowing companies to get around the state’s 51% doctor ownership requirement for medical practices by hiring their own doctors and then using management services to direct clinic revenues to the companies. The measure also bans noncompete agreements for doctors. (OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill (SB 383) requiring pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacies for drugs at their national average acquisition cost and establishes a baseline dispensing fee of $10.68 for all drugs pharmacies dispense. The measure also prohibits PBMs from discouraging customers from using a pharmacy of their own choice. (DES MOINES REGISTER, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) administration said it is planning to change the state’s Medicaid guidelines, as soon as this summer, to limit patients’ access to GLP-1s for weight loss. But a bipartisan group of state House lawmakers wants the state to negotiate for lower prices for the drugs and preserve Medicaid recipients’ access to them instead. (HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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