Karen Owen Gibbs
Subscribe to Karen Owen Gibbs's PostsKaren Owen Gibbs joined McDermott in 2014 after serving as Vice President and Senior Counsel at CVS Health (formerly CVS Caremark), a Fortune 20 integrated pharmacy company. Karen advises a wide variety of health care companies, investors and lenders on operational, regulatory and enforcement issues related to all aspects of the pharmacy distribution chain. Her practice also covers synergistic areas such as substance abuse/behavioral health, physician and veterinarian office dispensing, evolving requirements related to opioid prescribing and dispensing, and a wide variety of prescription reimbursement issues. Read Karen Owen Gibbs' full profile.
Bills Ban Gag Clauses in Pharmacy Contracts
By Karen Owen Gibbs on Oct 18, 2018
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
On October 10, 2018 President Trump signed two bills that ban “gag clauses” in pharmacy contracts. Congress passed the two bills—one for Medicare prescription drug plans (“Know the Lowest Price Act”) that will go into effect in January 2020, and another for commercial employer-based and individual policies (“Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act”) effective...
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