News Briefs: Oklahoma Blasts CVS Caremark Over 90-Day Fill Denials

Oklahoma lawmakers accused CVS Health Corp.’s Caremark PBM of “intentionally lying” in its denials of 90-day prescription fills for some patients, according to The Oklahoman. The Oklahoma City newspaper reported that Caremark had routinely denied Oklahoma residents 90-day prescription fills and cited a state law as the reason, claiming that such fills were illegal under the statute. State Rep. Jon Echols, a Republican, said that such a justification was a lie: “Anyone that says that is not misinformed. They don’t misunderstand. They are intentionally lying to you. And we’re not going to stand for it.” Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner, Republican Glen Mulready, earlier this month filed an administrative action against Caremark that, per a press release from Mulready’s office, “targets the practice of ‘steering patients’ to CVS pharmacies and prescription mail-order services and seeks to censure, suspend, place on probation or revoke the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) license of CVS/Caremark. In addition, the… Department will seek restitution and/or levy fines for each alleged violation.”

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