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Monday, October 26, 2026● Updated 6:00 AM ET
Policy & Law

House panel probes whether big PBMs targeted pharmacies with audits

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The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether Optum Rx, CVS Caremark and Express Scripts sent extra audits to independent pharmacies that publicly backed a bill to change how pharmacies are paid in the federal employee health plan. The chairman cited one audit of a 99-cent drug that took staff hundreds of hours. CVS said it will respond; Optum Rx declined to comment.

Source: Becker's Hospital Review

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