At Investor Conferences, Execs Paint PBM Reform as Afterthought
During recent investor conference presentations, executives from major managed care companies expressed little concern that PBM reform — which once seemed like a much more acute threat — will impact their businesses anytime soon. Those remarks come even as a large coalition of interest groups is hoping to push lawmakers into refueling the issue’s momentum.
“I would say it is difficult to get alignment and bipartisan support on the specifics relative to PBM [reform],” CVS Health Corp. CEO Karen Lynch said during a “fireside chat” on May 29 at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. “I think if anything happens, it’ll be on transparency, but you have seen time and time again that there’s been some challenges.”