Session Description:  The following  topics will be addressed during the session: What are PBMs? (including why they were created and where they went wrong) Current PBM trends and business practices that are concerning How exactly do PBMs influence price and access for patients? (including how PBMs interfere with providers' ability to get a needed medicine to a...

  Session Description:  Despite improved updated licensing requirements for buprenorphine prescribers, there is still a national shortage in physicians prescribing buprenorphine to patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Doctors for America Advocacy Grand Rounds will attempt to decrease provider uncertainty of updated guidelines and remind physicians of the efficacy of buprenorphine. After attending this session, providers...

One in five Americans are covered by Medicaid. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion expanded the Medicaid program to cover almost all adults with income levels up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level. As of November 2022, 40 states have adopted Medicaid expansion and 11 states have not expanded Medicaid, including Wyoming. Join...