
Jesse Dresser explains how federal PBM reform, a new CMS RFI, and FTC settlements could reshape specialty pharmacy contracts and pay from 2027.
Partner in Frier Levitt’s Life Sciences Department and heads the firm’s Pharmacy Practice Group.

Jesse Dresser explains how federal PBM reform, a new CMS RFI, and FTC settlements could reshape specialty pharmacy contracts and pay from 2027.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 gives CMS more leverage to intercept when pharmacy benefit managers are driving up prices in Medicare Part D, explains Jesse Dresser, Esq.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 features new language that could change the way that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate in the US.