Federal authorities take big steps to rein in drug middlemen at center of Ohio complaints for years

Federal authorities take big steps to rein in drug middlemen at center of Ohio complaints for years

A CVS store. (Photo by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle, States Newsroom.)Federal authorities in recent weeks have taken huge steps aimed at curbing the practices of drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. The steps come after years of complaints from small pharmacies and attempts to rein in the huge corporations by lawmakers in Ohio and other states.  PBMs act on behalf of insurers — including those working in Medicare …