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Pharmaceutical Care Management v. Nizar Wehbi, et al

  1. December 23, 2021

    Federal Benefits Group Backs PBM's 8th Circ. Rehearing Bid

    A group representing insurers that provide benefits to federal workers urged the Eighth Circuit to reconsider its decision that North Dakota statutes regulating pharmacy benefit managers weren't preempted by federal benefits law, arguing the panel ruling relied on a misinterpretation of U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  2. December 17, 2021

    Pharmacy Benefit Manager Lobby Calls 8th Circ. Loss 'Wrong'

    The lobbying group for the sector that manages health insurance plans' prescription drug components asked a panel of Eighth Circuit judges to rethink largely striking its challenge to two North Dakota statutes that regulate the industry, saying "with due respect, the panel's contrary decision is deeply wrong."

  3. July 26, 2021

    PBM Group Asks 8th Circ. To Revive ND Preemption Row

    The lobbying group for the industry that negotiates with pharmacies on health insurers' behalf has urged the Eighth Circuit to revive its since-vacated decision to strike down a North Dakota law regulating this sector.

  4. May 19, 2021

    Biz Groups Back PBMs In North Dakota Preemption Fight

    Insurance and business groups are throwing their weight behind Pharmaceutical Care Management Association's Eighth Circuit argument that ERISA limits North Dakota's ability to govern pharmacy benefit managers, which connect pharmacies with insurers on behalf of employee benefit plans.

  5. May 14, 2021

    PBMs Aren't Ready To Throw In Towel In Preemption Fight

    As states release a flurry of bills targeting the pharmacy benefit manager industry after the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed they can oversee that sector, its lobbying group is doubling down on its argument that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts such legislation.

  6. April 02, 2021

    Challenge To North Dakota PBM Law Is Back At 8th Circ.

    The Eighth Circuit will take another look at a case challenging North Dakota's oversight of the companies that manage benefit plans' prescription drug arms, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has axed a lobbying group's August win and cleared the way for a fresh round of arguments in the suit.

  7. September 02, 2020

    8th Circ. Won't Rethink Striking Down North Dakota PBM Law

    The Eighth Circuit won't rethink its decision to strike down a North Dakota law that regulated pharmacy benefit managers' fees, the court ruled Wednesday, upholding its stance that the statute was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  8. August 13, 2020

    8th Circ. Asked To Rethink Negating North Dakota PBM Law

    Four North Dakota officials asked the Eighth Circuit to reconsider limiting the state's ability to regulate pharmacy benefit managers, saying the court broke with precedent when it shot down a law overseeing the industry that controls health care plans' medication purchases.

  9. August 10, 2020

    8th Circ. Says North Dakota PBM Law Preempted By ERISA

    The Eighth Circuit has struck down a North Dakota law regulating the fees that pharmacy benefits managers can charge pharmacies, reversing a lower court and finding that the statute is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.