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32 State AGs Urge Justices to Review 10th Circuit Ruling Concerning ERISA Preemption of State PBM Law

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​​​​​​​A bipartisan group of attorneys general from 31 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari by Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner to review a decision by the U.S....more

Epstein Becker & Green

State Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Tenth Circuit Holds That ERISA and Medicare Part D Preempt Key Parts of Oklahoma...

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On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (the “Tenth Circuit”) issued its decision in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) v. Mulready, one of the first major opinions to further define...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Tenth Circuit Rules ERISA Preempts Oklahoma PBM-Reform Law

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In a win for self-funded (i.e., self-insured) health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), the Tenth Circuit recently ruled that ERISA preempts provisions of an Oklahoma law...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Tenth Circuit Holds Oklahoma’s Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Preempted by ERISA

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ERISA’s notorious preemption clause is no more than a few lines of text. But it has a dramatic effect on the trillions of dollars flowing through ERISA pension and health plans in any given year. The U.S. Supreme Court has...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ERISA Preemption Developments in Managed Care

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For plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (ERISA), the doctrine of federal ERISA preemption over state statutes, regulations or administrative schemes has been a central...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Clock is Ticking: Comments to Proposed Federal Rules For Wholesalers and 3PLs are Due June 6th and Here’s What We Think

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On February 4, 2022, the FDA released its long-awaited proposed national standards for the licensure of third party logistics providers (3PLs) and wholesale drug distributors. The draft rules were years over-due and the delay...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed FDA Rules Could Be Game Changers for the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

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New federal regulations have been proposed that will affect licensure of wholesale drug distributors and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The Drug Supply Chain Security Act became law in 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug...more

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50 State Map of MAC Laws – Can PBMs No Longer Rely on ERISA Preemption to Avoid Certain State Laws?

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Recent court trends suggest that preemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) may not apply to certain state laws that regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including state laws governing Maximum...more

Harris Beach PLLC

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Supports State Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision clears the way for state regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”). Rutledge v. Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass’n, 141 S. Ct. 474 (2020). At issue before the High Court was...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

New Supreme Court Ruling Affirms State Regulation of PBM Reimbursement Pricing

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) last month, in a decision that marks a major win for state regulators. (See Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, 2020 WL 7250098 (U.S....more

Locke Lord LLP

Supreme Court Rules ERISA Does Not Preempt Arkansas’ PBM Regulation

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Recently, the Supreme Court released its decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. The case considers whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) preempts an Arkansas state...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Does Not Preempt Arkansas PBM Law: The Impact on Employer Sponsored Group Health Plans

In a recently decided case, Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) does not preempt an Arkansas statute that...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

The Supreme Court Narrows ERISA Preemption in Rutledge v. PCMA

In the recently-decided Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (“PCMA”), the Supreme Court found 8–0 (Justice Barrett did not take part) that ERISA did not preempt an Arkansas state law that established...more

White & Case LLP

Supreme Court Green Lights Arkansas Law Regulating PBM Pricing Practices

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On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association held that ERISA does not pre-empt an Arkansas law regulating PBM prescription drug payment rates to pharmacies because it...more

K&L Gates LLP

340B Update: Recent Supreme Court Ruling May Curtail 340B Program Discriminatory Pricing

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Ass’n, which supports the validity of state statutes that regulate reimbursement rates pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decision Caps Big Week in Litigation for Pharmacy Benefit Managers

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on Thursday of last week that will impact state-level regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) by holding that an Arkansas law regulating PBMs was not preempted by the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Finds ERISA Does Not Preempt State Prescription Drug Pricing Law

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Summary The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld an Arkansas statute that regulates the price that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) pay retail pharmacies for prescription drugs.   ...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Supreme Court Rules that ERISA Does Not Preempt State Law Regulating PBM Reimbursements

In Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Mgt. Assoc., — U.S. –, 2020 WL 7250098 (Dec. 10, 2020), the Supreme Court held that ERISA’s broad express preemption will not reach a state law that focuses on the price of prescription drug...more

BakerHostetler

Supreme Court Gives Nod to States Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Reimbursement

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On Dec. 10, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. The Court reversed the 8th Circuit to uphold a state’s ability to regulate the price at which pharmacy...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court: State Law Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Is Not Preempted By ERISA

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An Arkansas law regulating pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) generic drug reimbursement rates, and affecting the cost of prescription drugs provided under ERISA-governed benefit plans and the administration of those plans, is...more

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Eighth Circuit: A State Statute that Implicitly Regulates ERISA Plans Is Preempted by ERISA

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Last month, in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Tufte et al. No. 18-2926 (8th Cir. August 7, 2020), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit invalidated legislation in North Dakota on the grounds...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Intersection of Alleged HIPAA Violations and State Negligence Law

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Synopsis: HIPAA provides no federal cause of action, but alleged HIPAA violations may be remedied in state court under state negligence law....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

SCOTUS Ruling Gives a Boost to Biosimilars; FDA Continues to Advance Products Through AdComs

On a sweltering hot D.C. morning, those of us anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s opinion in its first case involving biosimilar biological products finally exhaled. The June 12, 2017 opinion followed the parties’ oral...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Healthcare Law Update: June 2017

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Medicaid - Florida's Medicaid Third-Party Liability Act Pre-empted by Federal Law - By Eddie Williams - In Gallardo v. Dudek, Sec. of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, No. 4:16cv116-MW/CAS, 2017 WL...more

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