Monday, May 18, 2026

Monday, May 18, 2026

From The Gist Healthcare Podcast by Gist Healthcare Daily

May 18, 2026 · 6 min

About this episode

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.

People in this episode

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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