An End to PBM Pick-Pocketing
Published by Morning Consult:
“Usually when your pocket has been picked, you discover the loss pretty quickly. But many of America’s more than 22,000 independent community pharmacies are finding their reimbursements for prescription drugs reduced well after the patient hands over the co-pay and leaves with their medicine. The technical term for this transaction is a “retroactive pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee.” That’s one way of putting it.
DIR fees pick the pockets of community pharmacies and their patients.”