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The episode discusses health systems joining a federal initiative for prior authorizations, legislative actions against PBMs, and CVS Health's sale of its long-term care pharmacy business.

On today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast : health systems join a new federal initiative aimed at streamlining prior authorizations, lawmakers revive legislation that would ban PBMs from owning retail pharmacies, and a judge clears the way for CVS Health to sell its long-term care pharmacy business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Host: Gist Healthcare Daily

Topics covered

• health systems
• prior authorizations
• legislation
• CVS Health
• pharmacy business
• federal initiative

Keywords

• health systems
• prior authorizations
• PBMs
• CVS Health
• legislation
• pharmacy business
• federal initiative

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Organizations: CVS Health, PBMs

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